Joyless Street

Open any door in Melchior Alley, and you'll come face to face with naked misery.

Joyless Street — Plot

In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.

• Release date
• March 1, 1925
• Runtime
• 155 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• G.W. Pabst

Joyless Street — Cast

Werner Krauss Josef Geiringer Jaro Fürth Hofrat Rumfort Greta Garbo Greta Rumfort Asta Nielsen Maria Lechner (Mizzi) Agnes Esterhazy Regine Karl Etlinger Generaldirektor Rosenow Henry Stuart Einar Hanson