The Street

1923 DramaCrime 74 minutes Directed by Karl Grune

About The Street

None of the people are named. A bored middle-aged man leaves his routine for the city, while a blind man and his grandson depend on each other. The two lines meet. Karl Grune stages the city as an expressionist, dangerous place.

Cast & crew

More about The Street

Karl Grune directed and, on Wikidata, produced it. Julius Urgiß and Carl Mayer are the writers. Karl Hasselmann photographed it. Karl Görge designed the sets. Running time 74 minutes. 1923. Germany. Eugen Klöpfer, Aud Egede-Nissen, Lucie Höflich, Anton Edthofer, Leonhard Haskel, and Max Schreck are billed. Wikipedia's lead names Edthofer, Egede-Nissen, and Haskel.

Themes

  • A man bored with home
  • A blind man and a boy
  • The city as a threat
  • Die Straße
  • expressionism
  • Karl Grune
  • blind man
  • street

Look

Karl Hasselmann shot the expressionist street.

Notes

  • The catalog says the characters are known only by description, not by name.
  • Max Schreck, of Nosferatu, is on the Wikidata cast.

Scenes

  • The middle-aged man steps into the street.
  • His path crosses the blind man and the boy.