"Vier um die Frau" (and there are more than just a few other German- and English-language titles for this one) is a German film from 1921, so 5 more years until it will have its 100th anniversary. This is a relatively early career effort by director Fritz Lang, who was around the age of 30 here, and as usual he also worked on the screenplay. He got help from his longtime collaborator Thea von Harbou in adapting Rolf E. Vanloo's original material. Looking at the age (and at who made it), nobody should be really surprised that this is a black-and-white silent film. There exist apparently several versions as the runtimes here on IMDb are stated as 52 minutes and 84 minutes and the version I saw went on for roughly 80 minutes. The cast includes actors who appeared in other silent films back then, but mostly they aren't that known today and maybe only big silent film buffs will recognize the names. The one exception is probably Rudolf Klein-Rogge who is still considered one of the stars of European silent film from back then.
It is a drama we have here, as mostly with Lang, and there are several subjects dealt with in here. One would be (alleged) infidelity, another would be mental (in)sanity and death always plays a role in Lang's works as well. I personally cannot say that I enjoyed the watch too much or that I would see it as one of my favorite films from the legendary director. But yeah, to his defense you have to say that I have seen many films from him and also that I am not the greatest black-and-white silent film lover probably. There was an okay moment here and there, but overall I found none of the characters or the story interesting enough to recommend checking it out. Anyway, it was pretty difficult to find a version with German subtitles, which is fairly uncommon as most other Lang movies are much easier to find access to. But it's fine as you will not be missing much if you don't see it. I suggest you pick another film if you plan on taking a look at Lang's and von Harbou's body of work.
It is a drama we have here, as mostly with Lang, and there are several subjects dealt with in here. One would be (alleged) infidelity, another would be mental (in)sanity and death always plays a role in Lang's works as well. I personally cannot say that I enjoyed the watch too much or that I would see it as one of my favorite films from the legendary director. But yeah, to his defense you have to say that I have seen many films from him and also that I am not the greatest black-and-white silent film lover probably. There was an okay moment here and there, but overall I found none of the characters or the story interesting enough to recommend checking it out. Anyway, it was pretty difficult to find a version with German subtitles, which is fairly uncommon as most other Lang movies are much easier to find access to. But it's fine as you will not be missing much if you don't see it. I suggest you pick another film if you plan on taking a look at Lang's and von Harbou's body of work.