When the Mask Falls
Bank director Hardner, a cunning businessman who hides his unscrupulousness behind a mask of friendliness, tries to destroy a family.
Bank director Hardner, a cunning businessman who hides his unscrupulousness behind a mask of friendliness, tries to destroy a family.
Asta Nielsen
Sanna
Fritz Weidemann
Bank Director Hardner
Reginald Pasch
Willi von Warden
Frau Gude
Bank director Hardner, a cunning businessman who hides his unscrupulousness behind a mask of friendliness, tries to destroy a family.
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Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
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