Shadows of the Past

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Werner Hochbaum

Status Released

Release Date 1936-07-16

Storyline

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.