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1878-1945
Friedrich Carl Georg Kaiser, called Georg Kaiser, (25 November 1878 – 4 June 1945) was a German dramatist.

An expressionist stage play written in 1912. A bank cashier in a small town embezzles 60,000 marks after a fleeting encounter with a mysterious lady. He attempts to escape with her, but when she refuses, he embarks on a desperate journey through the city seeking happiness and meaning with his stolen fortune. His frantic search leads him from a sports palace to a dance