Slums of Berlin

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
Production
company
Distributed by National Film
Release date
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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