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01/03/1925 Drama 2h 35m
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Open any door in Melchior Alley, and you'll come face to face with naked misery.

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.

  1. G.W. Pabst

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Werner Krauss

    Josef Geiringer

  2. Jaro Fürth

    Hofrat Rumfort

  3. Greta Garbo

    Greta Rumfort

  4. Asta Nielsen

    Maria Lechner (Mizzi)

  5. Agnes Esterhazy

    Regine

  6. Karl Etlinger

    Generaldirektor Rosenow

  7. Henry Stuart

  8. Einar Hanson

  9. Ilka Grüning

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
This is quite a complex and telling tale of a poverty-stricken family struggling to survive in a post Great war Vienna at the star of the 1920s. The extent of their deprivation almost drives Greta Garbo ("Greta") to sell herself to put food on the table, it certainly drives her to petty crime. To be honest this rather drab and gritty story from the pen of Hugo Bettauer (who also wrote the superb "City Without Jews" (1938)) is, in itself, nothing particular to write home about - It's the excellent, earthy and well crafted performances from the sisters "Marie" (Asta Nielsen) and Garbo alongside ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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