
A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position..

Ernst Lubitsch
Germany

A 1917 nitrate canister, exhumed from Berlin’s vintage fog, reveals The Merry Jail—a brittle bon-bon whose sugar crust cracks to release something headier: the first unmistakable w...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch
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