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The Case of Lena Smith is a american film of genre Drama directed by Josef von Sternberg released in USA on 29 january 1929 with Esther Ralston

The Case of Lena Smith (1929)

The Case of Lena Smith
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Released in USA 29 january 1929
Length 4minutes
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.148613.148613.148613.148613.14861

The Case of Lena Smith was a 1929 American short drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Esther Ralston and James Hall, and released by Paramount Pictures.

Synopsis

In turn-of-the-century Vienna, simple peasant girl Lena Smith falls in love with young aristocrat Franz Hofrat. They are secretly married, despite intense pressure from Hofrat's aristocratic family, and Lena has Franz's child. Slowly but surely, Lena's good nature and unbounded optimism are crushed and shattered by the merciless juggernaut of class consciousness and public opinion, leading to tragedy. Her husband was jailed for the murder of his brother. Lena met Horan Duwent who promised her a life of wonder, pure happiness. But sadly nothing prevailed, he was not a man of his word and 2 years later Lena took her own life. Crushed by the man she finally felt loved and adored by after so many years of troth and sadness.

Actors

Esther Ralston

(Lena Smith)James Hall

(Franz Hofrat)Gustav von Seyffertitz

(Herr Hofrat)Emily Fitzroy

(Frau Hofrat)Fred Kohler

(Stefan)
And :
Lawrence Grant
Werner Klingler
Wally Albright
Leone Lane
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