The Love of Jeanne Ney

The Love of Jeanne Ney German Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney , released as Lusts of the Flesh in the United Kingdom is a 1927 silent German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Jeanne flees to Paris, followed by Khalibiev and Andreas. She takes a job as a secretary under her uncle Raymond Adolph Edgar Licho, a private detective. Khalibiev sets about seducing Raymonds blind daughter, Gabrielle Brigitte Helm, in order to rob her and run away with a flapper he meets at a bar. The latter girl balks and warns Raymond, who has meanwhile been searching for a stolen diamond with a 50,000 reward. The diamond turns out to have been swallowed by a shinyobjectloving parrot.Raymond, who has become hopelessly obsessed with Jeanne, tries to force himself on her and loses his grip on reality. That night Khalibiev sneaks in, strangles him, and steals the money. He frames Andreas by letting the blind Gabrielle grab his coat while he flees the scenes of the crime he stole the coat from Andreas and dropping a wallet with Andreass photo. Andreas is caught delivering money for the communist party in France, which makes him look all the more suspicious. ........

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