The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh

25/6/1927 1h 34m 6.4/10

Overview

The story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August Schiller who is happy with both his job and his family. He is tasked with transporting $1,000 in securities to Chicago. On the train he meets a blond seductress who convinces him to buy her a bottle of champagne, and takes him to a saloon. The next morning he awakes alone in a dilapidated bedroom and without the securities.

Director

Victor Fleming

Top Billed Cast

Philippe De Lacy

Philippe De Lacy

August, as a child

Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

August Shilling

Fred Kohler

Fred Kohler

The Tough

Donald Keith

Donald Keith

August Jr.

Belle Bennett

Belle Bennett

Mrs. Schilling

Phyllis Haver

Phyllis Haver

The Temptress

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/6/2022

6/10

Nowadays, it beggars belief that a mere two fragments amounting to less than two minutes of this film survive. Perhaps someone, somewhere, has a dusty film can stored in an out-building on the Paramount lot? As it is, what we still have illustrates a soupçon of the talents of the Oscar winning Jannings and of a violinist he watches from the seats of a theatre in this tale of a man who suffers hard times after falling victim to a gal and a crook depriving him of his job, his family and his dignity. It is a good story, and I really do hope someone turns up a copy one day...

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