Bookkeeper Kremke

Sep 14, 1930

1h 1m

★ 8.0

Overview

In this realistic, unsentimental portrait of Germany’s dire economic situation, a middle-aged payroll clerk loses his job due to technological advances and, unable to find another, descends into despair. The film’s director, Marie Harder, was one of only a few women directors of the time and was also the head of the German Social Democratic Film Office. She made only two known films before her accidental death in exile in Mexico in 1936.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Naturfilm Hubert Schonger

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Cast

Kremke

Hermann Vallentin

Lene, Kremkes ältere Tochter

Anna Sten

Erwin, junger Arbeiter

Ivan Koval-Samborskyi

Erwins Mutter

Else Heller

Lenes Verlobter, Student

Wolfgang Zilzer

Kremkes jüngere Tochter

Inge Landgut

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