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Tragedy of the Street

Tragedy of the Street

1927•1h 54m•6.5/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.5/10(10)

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.

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Production

Pantomim-Film AG

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Asta Nielsen

Asta Nielsen

Auguste - Old Street Walker

Hilde Jennings

Clarissa - Young Street Walker

Oskar Homolka

Oskar Homolka

Anton - Pimp

Werner Pittschau

Werner Pittschau

Felix - Student

Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein

His Mother

Otto Kronburger

Otto Kronburger

His Father

Hermann Picha

Hermann Picha

Kauzke - Pianist

Gerhard Dammann

Gerhard Dammann

Eva Speyer

Eva Speyer

Dirne - Prostitute

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