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Directed by | Gerhard Lamprecht |
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Cinematography | Karl Hasselmann |
Production company | National Film |
Distributed by | National Film |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Germany |
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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. It was shot at the Marienfelde Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Moldenhauer. It was produced and distributed by National Film.
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
- Aud Egede-Nissen
- Bernhard Goetzke
- Mady Christians
- Arthur Bergen
- Frigga Braut
- Georg John
- Eduard Rothauser
- Frida Richard
- Paul Bildt
- Hildegard Imhof
- Christian Bummerstaedt
- Rudolf Biebrach
- Aribert Wäscher
- Margarete Kupfer
- Maria Forescu
- Rudolf Del Zopp
- Paul Gunther
- Robert Garrison
- Max Maximilian
- Sylvia Torf
References
- Jelavich, p. 204.
Bibliography
- Jelavich, Peter (2005). Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24363-7.
- Murray, Bruce Arthur (1990). Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-72465-5.
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