Harbour Drift (1929)
1h 14m
Running Time
January 1, 1929Release Date
Plot.
A pre-Depression slice of proletarian life from Weimar Germany, Harbour Drift is unusually interesting for its indifferent pessimism, rejecting even the minor rays of hope which permeate the other low-life ‘street films’ of the period. A sordid tale of poverty and greed set within a quayside milieu of crime and prostitution, the narrative centres on the quest for a sparkling pearl necklace stolen by a beggar under the gaze of a prostitute, who persuades her unemployed friend to steal it back, with tragic consequences. The story unfolds in flashback, without irony or a hint of redemption: life simply goes on. The film is remarkable for the innovative camerawork of Friedl Behn-Grund, which manipulates light and shadow to create a nightmarish atmosphere of fear and premonition.
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Cast & Crew.
Lissy Arna
Die Dirne / The Prostitute
Paul Rehkopf
Der Bettler / The Beggar
Fritz Genschow
Der Arbeitsloser / The Unemployed man
Sig Arno
Der Hehler / The Receiver
Margarete Kupfer
Leo Mittler
Director
Willy Döll
Writer
Jan Fethke
Writer
Dimitri Roschanski
Producer
Friedl Behn-Grund
Cinematographer
Willi Münzenberg
Executive Producer
Friedrich Gnaß
Der Matrose / The Sailor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1929
Original NameJenseits der Straße
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Genres
Wiki.
Beyond the Street (German: Jenseits der Straße) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Lissy Arna, Paul Rehkopf, and Fritz Genschow.
The film is in the Weimar tradition of "street films", which examined the lower-depths of society, and has become the film for which Mittler is best known, even though he had only been appointed to make it after another director had to withdraw. The film was produced by the left-wing Prometheus Film, a German subsidiary of the Soviet company Mezhrabpom-Film. The film is also known by the alternative title Harbor Drift.
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