Jokeren (1928): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 1928, Jokeren is a drama and romance film directed by Georg Jacoby, running about 101 minutes.

What it’s about. Georg Jacoby’s Jokeren is a light-hearted entertainment picture set during the carnival in Nice, a romantic comedy with a touch of melodrama. A young artist, fatally injured in a car accident, foolishly entrusts a batch of compromising love letters to Borwick, a crooked and unscrupulous lawyer, instructing him to destroy them. Instead, Borwick proceeds to blackmail the woman who sent the letters, Lady Cecilie Powder, married to the straight-arrow Sir Herbert Powder. Lady Cecilie gets help from her spunky younger sister Gill. In turn, she draws in Peter Carstairs, a debonair adventurer known to all as “the Joker” – the card that trumps all others. When the Joker repeatedly foils Borwick’s schemes, the crooked lawyer ups the ante, trying to incriminate his adversary Carstairs and expanding his demands to include marriage to Gill. But as the characters converge at yet another lavish carnival celebration party, it becomes clear that one card does indeed trump all the others: the Joker!

Who’s in it. Jokeren stars Henry Edwards, Miles Mander, Elga Brink and Aage Hertel, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.0/10, Jokeren has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Jokeren page.

If you liked it. Fans of Jokeren tend to enjoy Cadena perpetua, El padrino, La lista de Schindler and El padrino II.