Paul Heidemann

One of Lubitsch's rough mountain comedies, with Pola Negri as the wild daughter of the bandit chief who falls in love with the handsome lieutenant brought in to marry the daughter of the corpulent and ineffectual colonel of the fort. (IMDB Comments)

The story of a good girl's descent to a life on the street has been told many times in cinema, but Lamprecht's telling is filled with such humanity and feel for the denizens of the demimonde that it approaches masterpiece. (SF Silent Film Festival)

An emancipated Princess, who has just returned home to her court in the Balkans from England, goes in disguise to a servants' ball and falls in love with an alleged caterer, who turns out next day to be a lieutenant of the guard. Without letting on to her masquerade, she makes sure he climbs the ranks quickly. At the same time, she tries to thwart her engagement to an unpopular prince.