The Way of All Flesh

    The Way of All Flesh
    1927

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Emil JanningsAugust Shilling
    • Belle BennettMrs. Schilling
    • Donald KeithAugust Jr.
    • Phyllis HaverThe Temptress
    • Fred KohlerThe Tough
    • Philippe De LacyAugust, as a child
    • Mickey McBanEvald
    • Betsy Ann HisleCharlotte
    • Carmencita JohnsonElizabeth
    • Gordon ThorpeKarl

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