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The World Wants To Be Deceived (1926)

The World Wants To Be Deceived poster
Original title
Die Welt will belogen sein
Directed by
Peter Paul Felner
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man navigates romantic entanglements and social games in 1920s Germany. The film follows his experiences with love and deception in high society.

light-heartedromanticbriskplayfuldatedtheatricalslightly cynical

What happens

The World Wants To Be Deceived (German: Die Welt will belogen sein) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Peter Paul Felner and starring Harry Liedtke, Georg Alexander and Mady Christians. The film's art direction was by Ernst Stern. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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