The man in the background
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The man in the background was released on September 8, 1922.
The man in the background was directed by Ernst Winar.
The man in the background has a runtime of 88m.
The man in the background was produced by Willi Münzenberg.
The guests at Count Otto von Trepow's East Prussian estate Gross-Ehrenfeld are Lord and Lady Ruthven, Mr Hendriks with his wife and foster-daughter Mariska, a gypsy they adopted years ago, Kundry, the fiancée of Otto's son Bernhard, and Count Stanislaus Larinski, who claims to be a Polish revolutionary wanted by the Russian government. A boating trip is organized but ends when the motor breaks down. While waiting for it to be repaired, the guests go to an inn run by Andreas and his daughter Käthe. Hendriks goes for a walk, sees the boat come back and that a man with a bent back leaves it. He notices that Kundry is afraid of Bernhard.
The key characters in The man in the background are Lord Ruthven (Ernst Becker), Bernhard von Trepow (Victor Colani), Hendriks' Frau Maud (Paula de Waart).
The man in the background is a Drama film.