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Joyless Street

Joyless Street

Open any door in Melchior Alley, and you'll come face to face with naked misery.

19256.72h 35m

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.

Directed by G.W. Pabst
Written by Willy Haas, Hugo Bettauer
Produced by Michail Salkind, Romain Pinès
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Top Cast

Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss

Josef Geiringer

Jaro Fürth

Jaro Fürth

Hofrat Rumfort

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

Greta Rumfort

Asta Nielsen

Asta Nielsen

Maria Lechner (Mizzi)

Agnes Esterhazy

Agnes Esterhazy

Regine

Karl Etlinger

Karl Etlinger

Generaldirektor Rosenow

Henry Stuart

Henry Stuart

Einar Hanson

Einar Hanson

Ilka Grüning

Ilka Grüning

Gregori Chmara

Gregori Chmara

Themes & Keywords

nightclubbutchersecurities, stocks and bonds teacherpost world war iprostitutionvienna, austriasilent filmnew objectivity

About Joyless Street

Joyless Street is a drama film released in 1925 exploring themes of nightclub, butcher, securities, stocks and bonds , teacher, post world war i, prostitution. Directed by G.W. Pabst, it stars Werner Krauss, Jaro Fürth, Greta Garbo. 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.

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