The Case of Lena Smith (1929)

Directors

Josef von Sternberg

Cast

Esther Ralston, James Hall, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emily Fitzroy

The story

The following plot summary is derived from the 10-page “Sequence Summary” issued by Paramount's Story Department (October 28, 1928). The narrative is framed between a prologue and an epilogue, both set in a small Hungarian village. The main story occurs in a flashback, presented in sequences A through M (each containing a number of scenes), all of which are set in fin-de-siècle Vienna.

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