Downfall (German: Der Absturz) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Ludwig Wolff and starring Asta Nielsen, Gregori Chmara and Charlotte Schultz.

Kaja Falk is a successful and admired operetta star, who has been through a lot in her life: The man she loves has to pay for a murder Kaja is suspected to have committed.

Full of gratitude, Kaja promises her love to stay faithful and wait for him to return.

When he finally returns, Kaja has aged a lot and is ravaged by disease.

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