The Joyless Street (1925)
Die freudlose Gasse (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 5min
- Drama
- 05 Jul 1927 (USA)
- Movie
In post-WWI Vienna, Greta (Greta Garbo), her kid sister, and retired dad try to make it through tough times.
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| Asta Nielsen | ... |
Maria Lechner
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| Greta Garbo | ... |
Greta Rumfort
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| Ágnes Eszterházy | ... |
Regina Rosenow
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| Werner Krauss | ... |
Metzger von Melchiorstrasse
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| Henry Stuart | ... |
Egon Stirner
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| Einar Hanson | ... |
Lt. Davis
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| Gregori Chmara | ... |
Kellner
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| Karl Etlinger | ... |
Max Rosenow
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| Ilka Grüning | ... |
Frau Rosenow
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Jaro Fürth | ... |
Hofrat Rumfort
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Dorothea Thiele | ... |
Lia Leid
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Renate Brausewetter | ... |
Frau (uncredited)
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Mario Cusmich | ... |
Oberst Irving (uncredited)
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Maria Forescu | ... |
Frau (uncredited)
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Robert Garrison | ... |
Don Alfonso Canez (uncredited)
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| Valeska Gert | ... |
Frau Greifer (uncredited)
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| Tamara Geva | ... |
Lia Leid (uncredited)
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Max Kohlhase | ... |
Marias Vater (uncredited)
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| Krafft-Raschig | ... |
Amerikanische Soldat (uncredited)
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| Lya Mara | ... |
Frau (uncredited)
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Edna Markstein | ... |
Frau Merkel (uncredited)
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Alexander Murski | ... |
Dr. Leid (uncredited)
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Loni Nest | ... |
Rosa Rumfort (uncredited)
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| Iván Petrovich | ... |
Herr (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
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Raskatoff | ... |
Trebitsch (uncredited)
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Otto Reinwald | ... |
Herr (uncredited)
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Gräfin Tolstoi | ... |
Fräulein Henriette (uncredited)
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| Sylvia Torf | ... |
Marias Mutter (uncredited)
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| Hertha von Walther | ... |
Else (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Georg Wilhelm Pabst | ... | (as G.W. Pabst) |
Written by
| Hugo Bettauer | ... | (based on the novel by) |
| Willy Haas | ... | (scenario) (uncredited) |
| F.H. Lyon | ... | (translator) |
Produced by
| Stefan Drössler | ... | reconstruction producer (2009) |
| Jan-Christopher Horak | ... | reconstruction producer (1998) |
| Enno Patalas | ... | reconstruction producer (1989) |
| Romain Pinès | ... | producer (uncredited) |
| Michael Salkind | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Robert Lach | ||
| Curt Oertel | ||
| Guido Seeber | ||
Editing by
| Anatole Litvak | ... | (uncredited) |
| Marc Sorkin | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
| Otto Erdmann | ||
| Hans Sohnle | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Marc Sorkin | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Yakov Ruklevsky | ... | poster artist: Soviet Union |
| Edgar G. Ulmer | ... | set designer |
Music Department
| Steve Sterner | ... | music by (1990) |
Additional Crew
| M.A. Portnoy | ... | titles: English translation (1990) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Hirschel-Sofar-Film-Verleih GmbH (1925) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Continentalfilm (1925) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Film Arts Guild (1927) (United States) (theatrical)
- J. Skaar (1927) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Verner Arpe (1962) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Kino International (1990) (United States) (tv) (as A Kino International Release)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1998) (Finland) (tv)
- Filmmuseum München (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Edition Filmmuseum (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- Tamasa Distribution (2019) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Mill Creek Entertainment (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Cinémathèque Française (restoration) (1981)
- Filmmuseum München (restoration) (1997)
- Stadtmuseum Berlin (restoration) (1981)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Vienna in the biggest depression, directly after WW1. In a slum, Lila Leid, the wife of lawyer Leid is murdered, Egon, secretary of one of Leid's clients is arrested. He was with her, and had her necklace, because he needed some money for his own stock exchange deals. The same deal brings poverty to ex-government official Rumfort, his daughter Greta, who also has lost her job, tries to get some money to get food. She rents a room of the flat she, her young sister and her father are living in to an American Red Cross official, who pays $60 rent, but the money is taken by some of her father's creditors. But their neighbour, shop owner Mrs Greifer knows how to "help", she and Mrs. Merkel are running a nightclub with a brothel...
Written by Stephan Eichenberg |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The dark-haired woman waiting in the butcher shop line who is often mistaken for Marlene Dietrich is actually Hertha von Walther. She had a much larger role in the original uncut version of the film. She can also be seen as the lab assistant in Secrets of a Soul (1926) with Werner Krauss. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Film Ist. A Girl & a Gun (2009). See more » |