Traces the journey of Thymian a young woman, seduced by her father′s assistant, she gives birth to an illegitimate baby; put into a home, she is helped by the young poor Earl Osdorff and runs away, ending up in an urban brothel, becoming the focus of interest in a different and exciting world.

Director G.W. Pabst and star Louise Brooks, who had just climbed to delirious heights with Pandora’s Box, re-teamed for this 1929 classic, which offers a stunning tale of an innocent woman whose effect on men becomes her curse. A forward-thinking masterwork, its reputation has only risen with time.