This version 113 minutes long, cobbled together and thought to be close to Pabst’s original intention … his last silent picture … another great movie from the Weimar era (I guess the greatest? was The Blue Angel (1930)) … Louise Brooks, so beautiful and a talented actress to boot … morality tales well told … lots of ascending and descending stairs, money changing hands, and a firm grip on shoulder or back of neck (!) if you enjoy your obvious symbolism. John Farr liked it (“arch condemnation of moral corruption at the heart of the German soul“), and I too give it a green-go rating.

Ein wenig mehr Liebe und niemand kann verloren sein auf dieser Welt!