The Joyless Street
1925 · Movie · 155 min · ★ 6.7 · 70% critics
In postwar Vienna, two women from the same poor neighborhood struggle to keep their families afloat during a time of hunger, inflation, and widening social divides. The story follows daily choices shaped by desperation, exploitation, and the hope of a more secure life.
Also known as The Street of Sorrow
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Details
- Original title
- Die freudlose Gasse
- Years
- 1925
- Release date
- 1925-03-01
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (50 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a dark, socially minded silent drama with the weight of Diary of a Lost Girl or Asphalt; Not for you if relentless hardship feels draining.
Pros: powerful performances; vivid hardship; gripping atmosphere | Cons: very bleak tone; complex subplots; version differences
Themes
- nightclub
- butcher
- securities, stocks and bonds
- teacher
- post world war i
- prostitution
- vienna, austria
- silent film
- new objectivity
Cast & crew
Werner Krauss
as Josef Geiringer
Jaro Fürth
as Hofrat Rumfort
Greta Garbo
as Greta Rumfort
Asta Nielsen
as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
Agnes Esterhazy
as Regine
Karl Etlinger
as Generaldirektor Rosenow
Henry Stuart
Einar Hanson
Ilka Grüning
Gregori Chmara
Directed by G.W. Pabst