In the Name of the Kaisers

The story of medical student Sonja Smirnow and her family.

Cast

Lya De Putti

as Sonja Smirnow

Hermann Vallentin

Jenny Marba

Erich Kaiser-Titz

Susi Pallas

Hans Adalbert Schlettow

as Boris Mikhailovich

Harry Hardt

as Nikolai

Gertrud Arnold

Ernst Rückert

as Fedor

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