Directed by Joe May • Silent • 1930 • Germany • German with English intertitles
Starring Albert Steinrück, Else Heller, Gustav Fröhlich

Joe May's sensual drama of life in the Berlin underworld is in many ways the perfect summation of German filmmaking in the silent era. A strait-laced traffic cop has the simple task of escorting a diamond thief to the police station. However, the thief is the exotic and beautiful Else, which makes the task far from simple. The stage is thus set for a scandalous turn of events.