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Joyless Street

Die freudlose Gasse

1925 · 2h 35m · Drama · Germany · Rated 15 (SE)

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.

Directed by
G.W. Pabst
Written by
Willy Haas
Based on the novel by
Hugo Bettauer
Starring
Werner Krauss, Jaro Fürth, Greta Garbo, Asta Nielsen
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