The Convict from Stamboul
Aug 29 1929
•2h 42m
•Adventure, Drama
Zezi, on being released from prison for smuggling, is ordered to leave the country. His incarceration has not lessened his craving for female society, but he finds his mistress false. A young girl, trying to sell vacuum-cleaners, calls at his home. Half-starved, she collapses. The blackleg’s heart is touched, and he befriends her. Gratitude on her side develops to love. Though she takes the place of the false one, she urges the man to marry her. This he does, though he has a wife, from whom he is separated.
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Heinrich George
Thomas Zezi
Betty Amann
Hilde Wollwarth
Paul Hörbiger
Vlastos
Willi Forst
Manopulos
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