Drama · Germany · 1927 · 1h 54m

Tragedy of the Street

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Director
Bruno Rahn
Cast
Asta Nielsen as Auguste - Old Street Walker Hilde Jennings as Clarissa - Young Street Walker Oskar Homolka as Anton - Pimp Werner Pittschau as Felix - Student Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein as His Mother Otto Kronburger as His Father
Crew
Guido Seeber — Director of Photography Ruth Goetz — Screenplay Leo Heller — Screenplay Carl Ludwig Kirmse — Production Design
Synopsis

Auguste is an aging prostitute who falls in love with Felix, a younger student. While Felix has strayed away from his parents, Auguste starts taking care of him and spends her life savings into a cake shop to move further away from prostitution, but trouble comes when another woman enters the picture.

Mood & Themes
prostitutionrealism
Key Collaborators
Bruno Rahn Director Guido Seeber Director of Photography Ruth Goetz Screenplay Leo Heller Screenplay Carl Ludwig Kirmse Production Design
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