Story Line
In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.
“Open any door in Melchior Alley, and you'll come face to face with naked misery.”
Top Cast
Werner Krauss
Josef Geiringer
Jaro Fürth
Hofrat Rumfort
Greta Garbo
Greta Rumfort
Asta Nielsen
Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
Agnes Esterhazy
Regine
Karl Etlinger
Generaldirektor Rosenow
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
1925-03-01
Runtime
2h 35m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (1)
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/6/2022This is quite a complex and telling tale of a poverty-stricken family struggling to survive in a post Great war Vienna at the star of the 1920s. The extent of their deprivation almost drives Greta Garbo ("Greta") to sell herself to put food on the ta...