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Sappho

192182 minGermany
DramaRomance

Synopsis

Richard falls in love with Sappho without knowing that his brother's breakdown followed a relationship with her. She hopes to abandon her earlier affairs, but a rejected lover reveals the family connection. Richard's divided loyalties and his brother's continuing obsession turn the romance into a destructive triangle.

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Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
81:50
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Dmytro Bukhovetskyi · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsDimitri Buchowetzki

Historical context

Pola Negri plays Sappho as a contemporary socialite rather than the ancient poet suggested by the title. The film also circulated as Mad Love, with an American release that underwent censorship.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.

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