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Joyless Street (German: Die freudlose Gasse, 1925, exhibited in the U.S. as The Street of Sorrow, in Britain as The Joyless Street), a film based on the novel by Hugo Bettauer and directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst in Germany, is one of the first films of the "New Objectivity“ movement. Greta Garbo stars in her second major role. The film is often described as a morality story in which the 'fallen woman' suffers for her sins, while the more virtuous is rewarded.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.
Original Release
05/17/1925
US Release
07/05/1927
Cast
Name | Character |
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Asta Nielsen | Maria Lechner / Maria Lechner (Mizzi) |
Greta Garbo | Greta Rumfort |
Ágnes Eszterházy | Regina Rosenow / Regine |
Werner Krauss | Metzger von Melchiorstrasse / Josef Geiringer |
Henry Stuart | Egon Stirner |
Einar Hanson | Lt. Davis |
Gregori Chmara | Kellner |
Karl Etlinger | Max Rosenow / Generaldirektor Rosenow |
Ilka Grüning | Frau Rosenow |
Jaro Fürth | Hofrat Rumfort |
Directors
Writers
Hugo Bettauer, Willy Haas, F.H. Lyon
Cast
Name | Character |
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Asta Nielsen | Maria Lechner / Maria Lechner (Mizzi) |
Greta Garbo | Greta Rumfort |
Ágnes Eszterházy | Regina Rosenow / Regine |
Werner Krauss | Metzger von Melchiorstrasse / Josef Geiringer |
Henry Stuart | Egon Stirner |
Einar Hanson | Lt. Davis |
Gregori Chmara | Kellner |
Karl Etlinger | Max Rosenow / Generaldirektor Rosenow |
Ilka Grüning | Frau Rosenow |
Jaro Fürth | Hofrat Rumfort |
Dorothea Thiele | Lia Leid |
Renate Brausewetter | Frau |
Mario Cusmich | Oberst Irving |
Maria Forescu | Frau |
Robert Garrison | Don Alfonso Canez |
Valeska Gert | Frau Greifer |
Tamara Geva | Lia Leid |
Max Kohlhase | Marias Vater |
Krafft-Raschig | Amerikanische Soldat |
Lya Mara | Frau |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Stefan Drössler | Producer |
Jan-Christopher Horak | Producer |
Enno Patalas | Producer |
Romain Pinès | Producer |
Michael Salkind | Producer |