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Sodom and Gomorrah

58 %|Oct 13, 1922|Drama

Exposed to bad influences since childhood, Mary, a young girl is pushed by her mother to approach an elderly banker by the name of Harber. After almost driving her fiancee to suicide and seducing his mentally-ill son, she realizes through a metaphorical dream the scope of her negligence. Sentenced to prison for incitement to murder Harber, she sees herself as a parallel figure to Lea, Lot's wife in Sodom, where the Angel of the Lord warns the sinful citizens of the city of their impending doom. Lea oppresses the angel and eventually turns it over to the pagan priests when her sexual advances to it are rejected. In another dream sequence, Mary becomes the Queen of Syria, whose oppressed people turn against her and who, in turn, condemns a young man who loves her to death. Finally, her dream returns to the present time and when she awakens, she runs back to her former lover.

Featured Crew

Michael Curtiz
Director
Julius von Borsody
Art Direction
Franz Planer
Director of Photography
Arnold Pressburger
Producer
Ladislaus Vajda
Writer
Remigius Geyling
Costume Design
Julius von Borsody
Production Design
Arthur Gottlein
Assistant Director

Cast

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Georg Reimers
Mr. Jackson Harber
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Victor Varconi
Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn
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Lucy Doraine
Mary Conway / Das Weib des Lot / Lia, Königin von Syrien
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Erika von Wagner
Mrs. Agathe Conway - Marys Mutter
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Walter Slezak
Eduard Harber - Student am Cambridge-Lyzeum / Ein Goldschmied von Galiläa
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Kurt Ehrle
Harry Lighton - Bildhauer / Lot