Street Acquaintances
Street Acquaintances | |
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Directed by | |
Written by | Arthur Pohl |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Georg Bruckbauer |
Edited by | Johanna Meisel |
Music by | Michael Jary |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Progress Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Street Acquaintances (German: Straßenbekanntschaft) is a 1948 German drama film directed by and starring Gisela Trowe, Alice Treff and . It was made by the Communist-controlled DEFA studios in the Soviet Zone of Germany Released in both the future West and East Germany it was a popular hit and sold 6,469,626 tickets.[1] While it can be regarded as using a style that resembled the Italian neorealist films of the era, it has also been suggested that it returns to the more traditional style of the Weimar era.[2] It portrays the dangers of spreading venereal disease.
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Depenau.
Cast[]
- Gisela Trowe as Erika
- Alice Treff as Annemie
- as Marion
- as Walter Helbig
- Harry Hindemith as Herbert Petzoldt
- Hans Klering as Peter
- as Else
- Arno Paulsen as Elses Freund
- as Olly Gebauer
- as Spitz
- as Frau Möbius
- as Arzt im Gesundheitsamt
- Agnes Windeck as Krankenschwester
- as Erikas Mutter
- as Nachbar im Treppenhaus
- Arthur Wiesner as Erikas Vater
- Walter Werner as Redakteur
- Karl Hannemann as Schieber
- as Ärztin im Chefarztzimmer
- Peter Elsholtz as Marions Freund
- Ernst Rotmund as Unangenehmer Zeitgenosse
- Karin Evans as Ärztin im Gesundheitsamt
- as Nervöser Herr
- Werner Pledath as Praktischer Arzt
- as Ein alter Major
References[]
- ^ List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.
- ^ Moeller p. 23
Bibliography[]
- Martina Moeller. Rubble, Ruins and Romanticism: Visual Style, Narration and Identity in German Post-War Cinema. 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1948 films
- German-language films
- 1948 drama films
- German drama films
- East German films
- Films directed by Peter Pewas
- Films set in Berlin
- German black-and-white films
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- 1940s German film stubs