The man in the background

Overview

The guests at Count Otto von Trepow's East Prussian estate Gross-Ehrenfeld are Lord and Lady Ruthven, Mr Hendriks with his wife and foster-daughter Mariska, a gypsy they adopted years ago, Kundry, the fiancée of Otto's son Bernhard, and Count Stanislaus Larinski, who claims to be a Polish revolutionary wanted by the Russian government. A boating trip is organized but ends when the motor breaks down. While waiting for it to be repaired, the guests go to an inn run by Andreas and his daughter Käthe. Hendriks goes for a walk, sees the boat come back and that a man with a bent back leaves it. He notices that Kundry is afraid of Bernhard.

Cast

Ernst Becker

Lord Ruthven

Victor Colani

Bernhard von Trepow

Paula de Waart

Hendriks' Frau Maud

Adolphe Engers

Willem Hendriks

Fritz Epstein

Peter

Elvira Erdmann

Kundry von Ahrstein

Coen Hissink

Count Stanislaus Larinski

Eduard Ijdo

Geoffrey Gill

Koba Kinsbergen

Mariska

Hans Lindegg

Werner