Street Acquaintances

Apr 13, 1948

1h 44m

★ 6.0

Overview

The film centres around the young woman Erika, desperately seeking for love and escape from the depression of the times, drifting, and in the end becoming involved with a circle of rich people who sell goods for sexual favours.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Erika

Gisela Trowe

Annemie

Alice Treff

Krankenschwester

Agnes Windeck

Ursula Voß

Siegmar Schneider

Harry Hindemith

Hans Klering

Ursula Friese

Arno Paulsen

Eduard Wandrey

Ursula Krieg

Herwart Grosse

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