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Joyless Street (1925)

Joyless Street (1925)

Drama

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

Release Date: 1925, March 1
Directors: G.W. Pabst
Countries: Germany
Production: Sofar-Film
Cast: Karl Etlinger, Greta Garbo, Werner Krauß, Asta Nielsen, Jaro Fürth, Agnes Esterhazy

Overview:

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.

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