Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland (1920)
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Albert Steinrück, Mia May, Paul Bildt, Alfred Gerasch, Otto Treptow, Albert Patry
A woman accused of adultery by her jealous husband faces a trap designed to force a divorce.
The story
Lavinia Morland is unjustly suspected of adultery by her jealous husband, who wants a divorce. To create proof for his accusation, he hires a con man to seduce her. The scheme places Lavinia in a situation that threatens her honor and her marriage, setting up a conflict between the husband's manipulation and her own response.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Lavinia Morland is unjustly suspected of adultery by her jealous husband, for no reason. To prove it and force a divorce, he hires a con man to seduce Lavinia into committing adultery. After he carries out the assignment, Lavinia stabs him to death, feeling deeply offended in her honor. At the trial that follows, she is acquitted. She finds new happiness with her childhood sweetheart.
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