Slums of Berlin

Slums of Berlin
Directed by	Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by	Heinrich Zille Luise Heilborn-Körbitz Gerhard Lamprecht
Starring	Aud Egede-Nissen Bernhard Goetzke Mady Christians Arthur Bergen
Cinematography	Karl Hasselmann
Production company	National-Film
Distributed by	National-Film
Release date	28 August 1925
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Slums of Berlin (German:Die Verrufenen) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Bernhard Goetzke and Mady Christians.

Synopsis

After taking the rap for a crime committed by his girlfriend, a man serves four years in prison. On his release he discovers she has since married a wealthy man, and that he is now ostracized by society including his own family. He sinks into a state of despair, until he is rescued and reformed by a sympathetic prostitute who helps him gain work at a factory.

Cast

• Aud Egede-Nissen
• Bernhard Goetzke
• Mady Christians
• Arthur Bergen
• Frigga Braut
• Georg John
• Eduard Rothauser
• Frida Richard
• Paul Bildt
• Hildegard Imhof
• Christian Bummerstaedt
• Rudolf Biebrach
• Aribert Wäscher
• Margarete Kupfer
• Maria Forescu
• Rudolf Del Zopp
• Paul Gunther
• Robert Garrison
• Max Maximilian
• Sylvia Torf

Bibliography

• Jelavich, Peter. Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, And The Death Of Weimar Culture. University of California Press, 2005.
• Murray, Bruce Arthur. Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. University of Texas Press, 1990.

External links

• Slums of Berlin at IMDb