Shadows of the Past

Directed by Werner Hochbaum

With Luise Ullrich, Gustav Diessl, Lucie Höflich, Oskar Sima and Anton Pointner

After serving a prison sentence for no fault of her own, café violinist Helene seeks out her twin sister Betty, a famous revue star in Vienna engaged to a public prosecutor. During a sailing trip, Betty accidentally drowns. Helene, at first involuntarily, then consciously, assumes her sister’s identity. Blackmail by two criminals soon follows.