By Vlad Zakh · May 2, 2026
Lya De Putti brought a smouldering, exotic presence to German and Hollywood silent film and became one of Europe’s most captivating femmes fatales. Variety ends a trapeze artist’s love triangle in deadly betrayal, The Sorrows of Satan costs a writer his soul for fame, Manon Lescaut ruins a young nobleman through a courtesan, and Jealousy spirals a circus performer’s possessiveness into tragedy. Phantom and The Burning Soil round out the list.
01 Ivan Lebedeff is in this Griffith silent where the Devil offers a struggling writer sudden wealth and success, testing the strength of his moral character.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 1h 29m
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02 Lya De Putti is in this German silent about a young nobleman whose obsessive love for a courtesan leads them both toward ruin.
Directed by Arthur Robison · 1h 39m
03 Lya De Putti appears in this German silent about a trapeze artist whose love triangle with his wife and a new partner ends in deadly betrayal.
Directed by E.A. Dupont · 1h 44m
04 Lya De Putti is in this German silent drama about a travelling circus performer whose consuming jealousy over his wife spirals into tragedy.
Directed by Karl Grune · 1h 27m
05 Lya De Putti features in this Murnau silent about a struggling poet whose obsessive infatuation with a woman drives him toward financial ruin and crime.
Directed by F. W. Murnau · 1h 59m
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06 Lya De Putti features in this Murnau silent about a gambler whose reckless bet on his family estate threatens to destroy everyone he loves.
Directed by F. W. Murnau · 1h 38m
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