Slums of Berlin

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Slums of Berlin
Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by Heinrich Zille
Luise Heilborn-Körbitz
Gerhard Lamprecht
Starring Aud Egede-Nissen
Bernhard Goetzke
Mady Christians
Arthur Bergen
Cinematography Karl Hasselmann
Studio National-Film
Distributed by National-Film
Release dates 28 August 1925
Running time 80 minutes
Country Germany
Language Silent
German intertitles

Slums of Berlin (German:Die Verrufenen) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Bernhard Goetzke and Mady Christians. [1]

Synopsis

After taking the rap for a crime committed by his girlfriend, a man serves four years in prison. On his release he discovers she has since married a wealthy man, and that he is now ostracized by society including his own family. He sinks into a state of despair, until he is rescued and reformed by a sympathetic prostitute who helps him gain work at a factory.

Cast

References

  1. Jelavich p.204

Bibliography

  • Jelavich, Peter. Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, And The Death Of Weimar Culture. University of California Press, 2005.
  • Murray, Bruce Arthur. Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. University of Texas Press, 1990.

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