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The Street

Die Straße

1923 · 79 min · DE

Directed by Karl Grune

Karl Grune, 1923. A clerk looks out the window, puts on his hat, and walks into the night this kind of film likes to punish. He finds a woman, a gambling room, and a corpse he did not make. The city is both location and studio construction. This is Expressionism after the painted village: the glow is electric, and it is not friendly.

Crime · Drama

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1923 · Source: Films

Public domain presentation

Public Domain Source

Films

In German Expressionism

Cast & Crew

Karl Grune · DirectorAnton Edthofer · The pimpAud Egede-Nissen · Dirne

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The Street
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THE STREET (Karl Grune, 1923) — Dennis Grunes

Analysis of German Expressionist street film with hallucinatory visuals of Berlin and innovative lighting.

Cast

Principal players
Anton Edthofer

Anton Edthofer

The pimp

Aud Egede-Nissen

Aud Egede-Nissen

Dirne

L

Leonhard Haskel

Herr aus der Provinz

Lucie Höflich

Lucie Höflich

Frau

Max Schreck

Max Schreck

The blind man

Eugen Klöpfer

Eugen Klöpfer

Etelka Maquita

Etelka Maquita

Street girl

H

Hans Trautner

Crew

Karl Grune

writer

Karl Hasselmann

cinematographer

Julius Urgiss

writer

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