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Joyless Street

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Joyless Street

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

6.7

2h 35m

1925

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

Synopsis

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.

Director

G.W. Pabst

Drama

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

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Cast & Crew

Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss

as Josef Geiringer

Jaro Fürth

Jaro Fürth

as Hofrat Rumfort

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

as Greta Rumfort

Asta Nielsen

Asta Nielsen

as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)

Agnes Esterhazy

Agnes Esterhazy

as Regine

Karl Etlinger

Karl Etlinger

as Generaldirektor Rosenow

Henry Stuart

Henry Stuart

Einar Hanson

Einar Hanson

Ilka Grüning

Ilka Grüning

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