SKU 474 Availability DIE FREUDLOSE GASSE (The Street of Sorrow) (Joyless Street) (1925) *with switchable English subs* Greta Garbo, Renate Brausewetter, Gregori Chmara and Mario Cusmich, Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1) Add your review 4.0 1 $13.99 Qty: Add to cart Email a friend Question about product? Add to wishlist DetailsExisting reviews1 In 1921, in the poverty-stricken part of an Austrian town, a street called Melchiorgasse is inhabited by impoverished gentry and blue-collar workers. There are only two wealthy people: the butcher Josef Geiringer and his wife. Mrs. Greifer runs a fashion boutique and a nightclub patronized by the wealthier class of Vienna. Annexed to the nightclub is „Merkl“ hotel, a by-the-hour establishment, in which the women of the nightclub prostitute themselves in order to pay back their debts to Frau Greifer. The film follows the plights of two women from the same neighborhood in their attempts to pull themselves out of the rubble of postwar hyperinflation: Marie, who lives in abject poverty, succumbs to the lure of prostitution. Grete, from a struggling family used to better circumstances, takes the higher road. At the end of the film, a sick and impoverished Else kills the butcher because he won't give her any meat and the poor in the neighborhood, hearing the sounds from the nightclub, begin a stone-throwing revolt against the rich. In the ruckus, the building goes up in flames, killing a pair of beggars. In the end, only Grete seems to have any hope of someday rising out of Melchiorgasse, because of her relationship with an American Red Cross officer. DVD-R has German intertitles and switchable English subtitles. Approx. 140 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality! The joyless republic, 4/2/2021 5:28 PM From: Wolfie With the exception of a very pretty young Greta Garbo, there really isn't much joy here: corrupt profiteers, scummy landladies, greasy opportunists, women - and men - who will do absolutely ANYTHING to get ahead - or even just some food. A fascinating glimpse into the corpse of what was left after the dismemberment of Austria-Hungary. Was this review helpful? 0 0 Related products ABWEGE (The Devious Path) (1928) * with switch... $13.99 ASPHALT (1929) * with switchable English subt... $13.99 DER BETTLER VOM KÖLNER DOM (The Beggar of Colog... $15.99 DER SCHATZ (The Treasure) (1923) * with switch... $13.99 DIE VERRUFENEN (Slums of Berlin) (1925) * with... $9.99 DIE WEBER (The Weavers) (1927) * with switchab... $13.99 GESCHLECHT IN FESSELN (Sex in Chains) (1928) *... $13.99 DAS TAGEBUCH EINER VERLORENEN (Diary of a Lost... $13.99 TARTUFFE (1926) * with hard-encoded English s... $13.99 UNTER DER LATERNE (Under the Lantern) (1928) *... $13.99 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (1931) *with switchable... $13.99 CYANKALI (1930) *with switchable English subt... $13.99 DER GELBE SCHEIN (The Yellow Ticket) (The Devil... $11.99 FEIND IM BLUT (Enemy in the Blood) (1931) * wi... $13.99 KAMERADSCHAFT (1931) *with switchable English... $13.99 KAMPF (1932) $10.99 BRÜDER (Brothers) (1929) * with switchable Eng... $13.99 2 DVD SET: DIE NIBELUNGEN (1924) * with Engli... $21.99 2 DVD SET: HELENA (1924) * with switchable E... $27.99 2 DVD SET: NOSFERATU (1922) & THE GOLEM (192... $23.99 DAS WANDERNDE BILD (1920) * with German inter... $13.99 DER GANG IN DIE NACHT (Journey into the Night)... $13.99 DIE GEZEICHNETEN (The Stigmatized) (1922) * wi... $13.99 HAMLET (The Transgender Prince?) (1921) * wit... $13.99 < > Customers who bought this item also bought DIE VERRUFENEN (Slums of Berlin) (1925) * with... $9.99 DIE HERMANNSSCHLACHT (1924) * with switchabl... $13.99 VARIETE (1925) + HELIOGABALE (1911) *with s... $13.99 DIE BÜCHSE DER PANDORA (Pandora's Box) (1929)... $13.99 FRÄULEIN ELSE (1929) * with switchable Engli... $13.99 MUTTER KRAUSENS FAHRT INS GLÜCK (Mother Krause'... $13.99 CABIRIA (1914) $13.99 DER SCHATZ (The Treasure) (1923) * with switch... $13.99 URLAUB AUF EHRENWORT (Furlough on Parole) (1938... $13.99 KUHLE WAMPE (1932) *with switchable English s... $13.99 DIE HERRIN VON ATLANTIS (Queen of Atlantis) (19... $13.99 PARACELSUS (1943) * with switchable English s... $14.99 THE NEW BABYLON (1929) * with hard-encoded En... $13.99 ABWEGE (The Devious Path) (1928) * with switch... $13.99 UNTER DER LATERNE (Under the Lantern) (1928) *... $13.99 2 DVD SET: NAPOLEON (1927) $26.99 DIE PEST IN FLORENZ (The Plague in Florence)... $13.99 2 DVD SET: AND QUIET FLOWS THE DON (1957) *... $18.99 FRAU NACH MASS (1940) $9.99 DAS FLÖTENKONZERT VON SANSSOUCI (The Flute Conc... $13.99 THE MURDERERS ARE AMONG US (1946) (Die Mörder... $13.99 THE BRIDE OF GLOMDAL (GLOMDALSBRUDEN) (1926)... $13.99 WILHELM TELL (1923) * with English intertitles * $9.99 REMBRANDT (1942) $9.99 DAS SCHÖNE FRÄULEIN SCHRAGG (1937) $9.99 < >