The Master of Death(1926)

movie - first aired/released 1926-11-26 - 95 min - audience 8.0

Directed by Hans Steinhoff

A aristocratic lieutenant is forced to resign his commission and give up his career in the cavalry after having defended himself against deliberate provocations by a superior officer who is competing with him for the love of the daughter of a respected privy councillor. His family bans him to New York, where he falls on hard times until a former circus performer helps him to become a world-renowned trapeze and aerial artiste.