Die Straße (1923)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Karl Grune

Writers:

Karl Grune (writer)
Carl Mayer (treatment)

Genre:

Drama

Cast

Anton Edthofer	...	Zuhälter
Aud Egede Nissen	...	Dirne
Leonhard Haskel	...	Herr aus der Provinz
Lucie Höflich	...	Frau
Eugen Klöpfer	...	Mann
Max Schreck	...	Blinder

Also Known As:

The Street

Runtime:

74 min | 100 min | 90 min (20 fps)

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Stern-Film

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Der Kinoerzähler (1993)

a great film

This highly influential movie was the first of the German "Street" films. It tells the story of one night in which a middle aged man is lured away from his happy home into the thrills and dangers of the city streets. The city is an expressionistic nightmare, a dangerous and chaotic place. The unfortunate man encounters thieves, prostitutes, and other predators. But the real threat to security and order is the street itself. In one extraordinary scene the bumbling man passes an optometrist's shop on a crooked, deserted street. The moment his back is turned, an enormous neon sign, a pair of eyeglasses, blinks on. The street itself is alive and watching.