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(Redirected from Die Verrufenen) 1925 film

Slums of Berlin
Directed byGerhard Lamprecht
Written by
Starring
CinematographyKarl Hasselmann
Production
company
National Film
Distributed byNational Film
Release date
  • 28 August 1925 (1925-08-28)
Running time80 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages

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

References

  1. 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.

External links

Films directed by Gerhard Lamprecht


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