The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh

Release Date: 1927-10-01

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.

Rating: 6.438 / 10

Cast

Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

as August Shilling

Belle Bennett

Belle Bennett

as Mrs. Schilling

Donald Keith

Donald Keith

as August Jr.

Phyllis Haver

Phyllis Haver

as The Temptress

Fred Kohler

Fred Kohler

as The Tough

Crew

  • Victor Fleming - Director

  • Jules Furthman - Writer

  • Victor Milner - Director of Photography

  • Lajos Biró - Adaptation

  • Henry Hathaway - Assistant Director

Reviews

CinemaSerf:

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 Paramou...

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