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During WWI, an aristocratic woman (Pola Negri) poses as a chambermaid to seek out her sister’s killer. “Hotel Imperial” was produced by Erich Pommer, known for creating several of the greatest German Expressionist silents, such as “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1920), “Metropolis'“ (1927), as well as “Blue Angel” (1930). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c34ed98f93fd45a1424acdf/1548295164182-KGF3JAL2KGLT6IXTTPNO/W%3AEL.gif POLA Who wouldn’t want to marry you Pola? Feisty, unpredictable and extremely ambitious, Pola “was a startlingly beautiful woman, with skin as delicately white as fine porcelain, jet black hair and flashing dark-green eyes. 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