Husbands or Lovers

Husbands or Lovers

Husbands or Lovers

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Husbands or Lovers

1924

0h 56m

5.6(10 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A wife, bored by her overweight slob of a husband, gives in to the temptation of a slickly seductive poet.

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13 members

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Elisabeth Bergner

Nju

Elisabeth Bergner

Acting

Emil Jannings

Ehemann

Emil Jannings

Acting

Conrad Veidt

Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter

Conrad Veidt

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Maria Bard

Kindermädchen

Maria Bard

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Nils Edwall

Kind

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Annie Röttgen

Unknown Role

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Margarete Kupfer

Unknown Role

Margarete Kupfer

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Karl Platen

Unknown Role

Karl Platen

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Max Kronert

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Walter Werner

Unknown Role

Walter Werner

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Grete Lundt

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Grete Lundt

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Maria Forescu

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Maria Forescu

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Fritz Ley

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