8462
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The Joyless Street

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

1925-03-01
6.852
de 148m
Drama
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.

Screenplay

Willy Haas

Editor

G.W. Pabst

Director

G.W. Pabst

Director of Photography

Curt Oertel

Novel

Hugo Bettauer

Director of Photography

Robert Lach

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Status

Released

Countries

  • Germany

Companies

  • Sofar-Film