A banker, after a prophetic meeting with a Gypsy fortune teller, becomes delusional as he searches for a trunk which the seer has told him holds the key to either his happiness or his death. This film is considered lost.
Wahnsinn is of 1 hour(s) and 10 minute(s). It is Produced By: . It was released on 1919-10-14.
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