
Cleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her into coming to Paris to take dancing lessons, but instead she is taken to a baron, who betrays her. In spite of this inauspicious start, Cleo becomes a successful and renowned actress, but her feelings about men have never recovered. She loathes them and uses them only for the money they offer her, which she then hands over to a penniless girl.
Directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, Men leans on a strong ensemble — Pola Negri, Robert Frazer, Robert Edeson — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1924.
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The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
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