The Joyless Street (1925)
01/03/1925
Drama
2h 28m
- 69% (43 votes)
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Open any door in Melchior Alley, and you'll come face to face with naked misery.
Overview
In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.
- G.W. PabstDirector
- Willy HaasScreenplay
Original Title
Die freudlose Gasse
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Keywords
- nightclub
- butcher
- securities, stocks and bonds
- teacher
- post world war i
- prostitution
- vienna, austria
- silent film
- new objectivity
Top Billed Cast
Werner Krauss
Josef Geiringer
Jaro Fürth
Hofrat Rumfort
Greta Garbo
Greta Rumfort
Asta Nielsen
Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
Agnes Esterhazy
Regine
Karl Etlinger
Generaldirektor Rosenow
Henry Stuart
Einar Hanson
Ilka Grüning
Gregori Chmara
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