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Betrayal is a 1929 American silent drama film produced for Famous Players–Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the last silent film directed by Lewis Milestone, the last silent performance by Gary Cooper, the last silent performance by Germany's Emil Jannings, and the only onscreen pairing of Cooper and Jannings. It is considered a lost film. Plot Swiss peasant girl Vroni (Esther Ralston) is having a secret summer romance with Viennese artist Andre Frey (Gary Cooper). When Andre later returns to Switzerland, he learns that Vroni has been forced to marry wealthy burgomeister Poldi Moser (Emil Jannings). Explaining Andre's appearance, Vroni introduces him as a young man who has just lost his sweetheart, and in sympathy, Poldi invites Andre to be a guest in his house. Several times over the next few years Andre visits, during which time Poldi and Vroni have two children. Andre is overwrought by his repressed feelings toward Vroni, and after seven years, begs her to run off with him. She refuses, but agrees to one last tryst. While speeding down a dangerous run on a toboggan together, Vroni is killed and Andre fatally injured. Poldi learns the truth of the relationship while attending Vroni's funeral, and swears vengeance but discovers that Andre has died from the severity of his injuries. Cast Emil Jannings as Poldi Moser Esther Ralston as Vroni Gary Cooper as Andre Frey Douglas Haig as Peter Jada Weller as Hans Bodil Rosing as Andre's Mother Ann Brody Paul Guertzman Leone Lane

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“Betrayal brings its perpetrator to the lowest depths, and he loses all trust among people.”
— Abdelnasser Abdelfattah
“Love comes to those who still hope after disappointment, who still believe after betrayal, and who still love after they’ve been hurt.”
— Anonymous
“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.”
— Mineko Iwasaki
“Betrayals during war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace.”
— Anthony Minghella, The English Patient (1996); based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje.
“Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Diary (2003).
“The act of treachery is an art, but the traitor himself is a piece of shit.”
— Mike Tyson "Boxing: Tyson's complicated world", Paul Hayward, The Telegraph, (01 May 2002).

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Notable quotes

“Betrayal brings its perpetrator to the lowest depths, and he loses all trust among people.”
— Abdelnasser Abdelfattah
“Love comes to those who still hope after disappointment, who still believe after betrayal, and who still love after they’ve been hurt.”
— Anonymous
“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.”
— Mineko Iwasaki
“Betrayals during war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace.”
— Anthony Minghella, The English Patient (1996); based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje.
“Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Diary (2003).
“The act of treachery is an art, but the traitor himself is a piece of shit.”
— Mike Tyson "Boxing: Tyson's complicated world", Paul Hayward, The Telegraph, (01 May 2002).

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