Tamara becomes addicted to cocaine but hides from her daughter by moving in with the dealer Mangol. The father tells his daughter that her mother has died, but years later the daughter rediscovers her mother appearing on stage. Mangol pursues the daughter, but Tamara intervenes before dying amongst family members.
Asta Nielsen
Tamara
Alfred Abel
Mangol
Werner Krauss
Willibald Cooks
Elizza La Porta
Lady Marleine
Charles Willy Kayser
Baron Beythen
Trude Hesterberg
Maria Forescu
Li
Carla Meissner
Ekkehard Arendt
Tamara becomes addicted to cocaine but hides from her daughter by moving in with the dealer Mangol. The father tells his daughter that her mother has died, but years later the daughter rediscovers her mother appearing on stage. Mangol pursues the daughter, but Tamara intervenes before dying amongst family members.
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