
Pandora's Box(1929)
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.


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

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
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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