The Vice of Humanity

The Vice of Humanity (German: Laster der Menschheit) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Asta Nielsen, Werner Krauss and Alfred Abel.[1] It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.

The Vice of Humanity
German film poster
GermanLaster der Menschheit
Directed byRudolf Meinert
Written byLeo Birinski
Starring
CinematographyLudwig Lippert
Music byWilly Schmidt-Gentner
Production
company
International Film-AG
Distributed byInternational Film-AG
Release date
  • 5 April 1927 (1927-04-05)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Plot

Opera singer Tamara is heavily addicted to cocaine. Her manager Mangol, who also acts as their coke supplier, goes in and out of her house and uses it as his drug transshipment point. Due to her addiction, Tamara has now lost both her husband and her daughter, who is growing up with her ex-husband. In order to spare his daughters' greater suffering, Mangol tells them both that their mother had died. When her daughter sits in the audience for one evening, she becomes a great admirer of Tamara's singing skills.

For Mangol, the young girl is nothing more than another potential customer whom he wants to make addicted to cocaine, but Tamara is on guard, and won't let it happen. Tamara decides to snatch her daughter from the dirty hands of the dealer and put her back in the safe hands of her ex-husband. Tamara sees no hope and commits an act of desperation. She snatches her daughter while Mangol is strangled by one of his junkie customers with bare hands.

Cast

References
  1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 2. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.


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