A key work of German silent cinema and an international smash on its release, E. A. Dupont's Varieté (Variety) is an audacious revenge melodrama set under the canvas of the big top. When Boss Huller (the iconic Emil Jannings) meets the young émigré Berta-Marie (Lya De Putti), it kindles his desire to relaunch his career as a trapeze artist, stalled due to an injury and the pressures of domestic life. But with passion comes obsession, and with the involvement of the famed Artinelli into their act, tensions rise to a fever pitch. Visually astonishing, with some... of the most inventive camerawork of the 1920s, and a typically intense and vivid central performance from Jannings, Varieté is presented here in an all-new restoration of the original German version. Featuring three scores: one by Stephen Horne, one by The Tiger Lillies, and one by Johannes Contag. DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES New 2015 high-definition digital restoration by the FWMS Three scores: one by Stephen Horne, one by The Tiger Lillies, and one by Johannes Contag PCM audio on the Blu-ray Optional English subtitles for the German intertitles The complete American version of the film PLUS: A booklet featuring new writing on the film and archival images [show more]
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Crime drama directed and written by E. A. Dupont and starring Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft and Lya De Putti. Boss Huller (Jannings) has spent the last ten years in prison and finally decides to reveal his story to the prison warden. Boss used to work in a circus as a spectacular trapeze artist with his wife, but the couple ended up owning only a pitiful sideshow and he wanted nothing more than to return to his high-flying life in the circus. It was then he met Bertha-Marie (De Putti) and became utterly entranced by her, leaving his wife and son behind. He established a new trapeze act with his lover and to their delight the trapeze legend Artinelli (Warwick Ward) took an interest in their performance, making them overnight stars. But not long after their success, Artinelli left, leaving Boss with nothing, not even Bertha-Marie...
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