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The Mask Falls (1931)

The Mask Falls poster
Original title
Die Maske fällt
Directed by
William Dieterle
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man leads a double life while dealing with moral dilemmas. His actions catch up with him in a tight-knit community.

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What happens

The Way of All Men is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier and Noah Beery. It was produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was based on the story entitled "The Sin Flood", by Henning Berger and appeared as a silent in 1922 also directed by Frank Lloyd. In 1931, the studio remade the film in German as Die Maske fällt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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