Alles für Geld (1923)

• 52%
• 1923
• Drame
• Emil Jannings
• Hermann Thimig
• Dagny Servaes

Rupp (Jannings) is a former butcher, made rich in the meat packing industry as a result of the reversal of fortune brought on by la première guerre mondiale. He is brut, uncouth and uneducated. His son, Fred, is the apple of his father's eye and is à la voiture de passionné. The veuf Rupp si in love with a former aristocrat, Helen, now down on her luck and pawning her last heirloom. He proposes marriage and she accepts in order to save her ailing mother who needs a monetary afflux to avoid death. Her former boyfriend, Platen, prévient Hélène against Rupp s intentions - he and Rupp are enemies, Rupp having caused his être fired for protecting a chorus girl against Rupp s unwanted avances. Meanwhile, le Comte, a escroc, arranges purchase of a near faillite de la fabrication automobile firm, Phoenix, to Rupp s great advantage with practically no monetary recognition to Comte, oms jure vengeance. Rupp comes upon his son begging Helen not to marry his father but to return to Platen.