Ohjaus:
Leo MittlerKuvaus:
Friedl Behn-GrundNäyttelijät:
Lissy Arna, Sig Arno, Fritz Genschow, Margarete Kupfer, Paul Rehkopf, Jean Toulout, Friedrich GnaßJuonikuvaukset(1)
A beggar, a prostitute and an unemployed man get caught up in lethal conflicts over a pearl necklace, which could mean their escape from poverty. Some jewellery lands right next to his feet. At long last, he, and the poor young boy lodging with him, have an opportunity to live a better life. At a little celebration party at the dive, they are drawn into in a vicious circle of dealers and prostitutes, in which many a worker is trapped – along with the prostitute who learns of the beggar's suddenly gained wealth.
This barely known masterpiece of proletarian cinema, made by Leo Mittler in 1929, is outstanding mainly due to Friedl Behn-Grund's fantastic camera work and brilliant montage sequences. Prometheus promoted these young talents, who learned a quite a lot from their Russian colleagues at Mezhrabpom-Film. Social issues and a new cinematic language were combined to create films with mass appeal. Hitherto, only a fragment of the film was known to exist, but recently the missing act was discovered. Now this stylistically sound film, which penetrates deep into the underworld and its seemingly inescapable poverty, can be seen in full length again.
(Berlinale)
Näyttelijät
Lissy Arna
Saksan valtakunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
Der Zinker (1931)
Tuomittu pataljoona (1931)
Sig Arno
Parhaat elokuvat:
Annyn loistonumero (1930)
Diktaattori (1940)
Se alkoi Eevasta (1941)
Fritz Genschow
Saksan valtakunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
Titanic (1943)
Margarete Kupfer
Saksan valtakunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
Annyn loistonumero (1930)
Matka kuuhun (1929)
Tanssiva kongressi (1931)
Paul Rehkopf
Saksan valtakunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
Annyn loistonumero (1930)
M - Kaupunki etsii murhaajaa (1931)
Varieté (1925)
Jean Toulout
Ranska
Parhaat elokuvat:
Rakkauden karuselli (1956)
Salaperäiset korvarenkaat (1953)
La Dixième Symphonie (1918)
Friedrich Gnaß
Saksan valtakunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
M - Kaupunki etsii murhaajaa (1931)
Kameradschaft (1931)
Pikku-Muckin ihmematkat (1953)