The Joyless Street (1925)

03/01/1925 (DE) • 2h 28m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Werner Krauss

Josef Geiringer

Jaro Fürth

Hofrat Rumfort

Greta Garbo

Greta Rumfort

Asta Nielsen

Maria Lechner (Mizzi)

Karl Etlinger

Generaldirektor Rosenow


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

nightclub

butcher

securities, stocks and bonds

teacher

post world war i

prostitution

vienna, austria

silent film

new objectivity

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