100 minutes
2/21/1939
Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by courtesy of women women (Mme Walter, Clotilde, Madeleine), from journalist to member of Parliament to cabinet minister. But it is also the fair sex that will cause his fall in the end.
Willi Forst
as George Duroy
Olga Tschechowa
as Madeleine
Hilde Hildebrand
as Frau von Marelle
Ilse Werner
as Suzanne
Lizzi Waldmüller
as Rachel
Johannes Riemann
as Laroche
Will Dohm
as Forestier
Aribert Wäscher
as Walter
Hubert von Meyerinck
as Varenne
Walter Gross
as Stenotypist
Joachim Below
as Verehrer Suzannes
Kalout Ben Gassem
as Der Kaid von Marakesch
Egon Brosig
as Conferencier
Hildegard Busse
as Zofe bei Madeleine
Erich Dunskus
as Maschinenmeister
Joe Furtner
as Zugschaffner
Walter Lieck
as Ausrufer
Richard Ludwig
as Butler bei Laroche
Hadrian Maria Netto
as Rival
Ilse Petri
as Zofe bei Frau von Marelle
Paul Samson-Körner
as Ein Betrunkener
Werner Scharf
as Dolmetscher
Rosita Serrano
as Singer
Lotte Spira
as Walters Tischdame
Eleonore Tappert
as Eine Sängerin
Hanns Waschatko
as Sekretär
Ewald Wenck
as Standesbeamter
Bruno Ziener
as Parlamentsdiener