Germany / Mar 01, 1925 / Press Preview
Open any door in Melchior Alley, and you'll come face to face with naked misery.
2h 35min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Die freudlose Gasse |
| Original language | DE |
| Spoken languages | No Language |
| Production countries | Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Sofar-Film |
| Release date | 1 marzo 1925 |
| Production | Michail Salkind, Romain Pinès |
| Writer | Willy Haas, Hugo Bettauer |
| Editing | G.W. Pabst, Anatole Litvak, Mark Sorkin |
| Cinematography | Guido Seeber, Curt Oertel, Robert Lach |
| Assistant directors | G.W. Pabst |
| Camera operators | Guido Seeber, Curt Oertel, Robert Lach |
| Additional photography | Guido Seeber, Curt Oertel, Robert Lach |
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| Production design | Hans Sohnle, Otto Erdmann, Edgar G. Ulmer |
| Art direction | Hans Sohnle, Otto Erdmann, Edgar G. Ulmer |
| Set decoration | Hans Sohnle, Otto Erdmann, Edgar G. Ulmer |
| Music | Max Deutsch |
| Sound | Max Deutsch |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Sweden / Sep 28, 1925 / 15
Denmark / Mar 22, 1926 / Premiere
United States / Jul 05, 1927 / Premiere
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