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â 7.4 / 10(1,847)
Joe May's sensual drama of life in the Berlin underworld is in many ways the perfect summation of German filmmaking in the silent era: a dazzling visual style, a psychological approach to its characters, and the ability to take a simple and essentially melodramatic story and turn it into something more complex and inherently cinematic.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Released
- 1929
Details
Release year: 1929
Storyline
Joe May's sensual drama of life in the Berlin underworld is in many ways the perfect summation of German filmmaking in the silent era: a dazzling visual style, a psychological approach to its characters, and the ability to take a simple and essentially melodramatic story and turn it into something more complex and inherently cinematic.
Top credits
Directors
Cast
See all 18 credits â- Albert SteinrĂŒck â Hauptwachtmeister Holk
- Else Heller â Frau Holk
- Gustav Fröhlich â Wachtmeister Albert Holk
- Betty Amann â Else Kramer