Tragedy of the Street

Apr 14, 1927

1h 54m

★ 5.8

Overview

Auguste is an aging prostitute who falls in love with Felix, a younger student. While Felix has strayed away from his parents, Auguste starts taking care of him and spends her life savings into a cake shop to move further away from prostitution, but trouble comes when another woman enters the picture.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pantomim-Film AG

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Cast

Auguste - Old Street Walker

Asta Nielsen

Clarissa - Young Street Walker

Hilde Jennings

Anton - Pimp

Oskar Homolka

Felix - Student

Werner Pittschau

His Mother

Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein

His Father

Otto Kronburger

Kauzke - Pianist

Hermann Picha

Gerhard Dammann

Dirne - Prostitute

Eva Speyer

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