Joyless Street (Die freudlose Gasse) 99 years old

Open any door in Melchior Alley, and you'll come face to face with naked misery.

Joyless Street

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.

Credits

Joyless Street Cast

Name Character
Greta Garbo She was 19, 84 years old when she died as Greta Rumfort
Ilka Grüning She was 48, 88 years old when she died
Karl Etlinger He was 45, 66 years old when he died as Generaldirektor Rosenow
Gregori Chmara He was 32, 77 years old when he died
Jaro Fürth He was 54, 74 years old when he died as Hofrat Rumfort
Asta Nielsen She was 43, 90 years old when she died as Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
Agnes Esterhazy She was 34, 65 years old when she died as Regine
Valeska Gert She was 33, 86 years old when she died
Einar Hanson He was 25, 27 years old when he died
Loni Nest She was 9, 75 years old when she died
Robert Garrison He was 52, 72 years old when he died
Hertha von Walther She was 21, 83 years old when she died
Werner Krauss He was 40, 75 years old when he died as Josef Geiringer

Joyless Street Crew

Name Department
Otto Erdmann as Production Design. He was 91 (71) years old when He died Art
Marc Sorkin as Editor. Editing
Hugo Bettauer as Novel. He was 52 (52) years old when He died Writing
Guido Seeber as Director of Photography. He was 45 (61) years old when He died Camera
Curt Oertel as Director of Photography. He was 35 (69) years old when He died Camera
Robert Lach as Director of Photography. He was 51 (84) years old when He died Camera
Willy Haas as Screenplay. He was 33 (82) years old when He died Writing
G.W. Pabst as Director. He was 39 (81) years old when He died Directing
G.W. Pabst as Editor. He was 39 (81) years old when He died Editing
Joyless Street poster
Joyless Street (99 years)

Open any door in Melchior Alley, and you'll come face to face with naked misery.

  • Release day: Sunday, March 01, 1925
  • Runtime: 150 minutes