Street Without Joy (film)

Street Without Joy
Directed by	André Hugon
Written by	Hugo Bettauer (novel) Georges Fagot André Hugon
Produced by	André Hugon
Starring	Dita Parlo Albert Préjean Marguerite Deval
Cinematography	Marc Bujard Tahar Hanache Michel Rocca
Music by	Georges Auric André Hugon Georges Koger Vincent Scotto
Production company	Films André Hugon
Distributed by	Les Films Vog
Release date	13 April 1938 (1938-04-13)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Street Without Joy (French: La rue sans joie) is a 1938 French drama film directed by André Hugon and starring Dita Parlo, Albert Préjean and Marguerite Deval. It is a remake of the 1925 German film The Joyless Street directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Synopsis

A young woman tries to financially support her family amidst the poverty of Paris.

Cast

• Dita Parlo as Jeanne de Romer
• Albert Préjean as Jean Dumas
• Marguerite Deval as Le greffier
• Line Noro as Marie Leichner
• Valéry Inkijinoff as Louis Stinner
• Pierre Alcover as Monsieur Antoine
• Henri Bosc as L'avocat de Stinner
• Fréhel as Henriette
• Jean Périer as Le grand-père
• Charlotte Barbier-Krauss as La mère de Jeanne
• Émile Drain as Le président
• Mila Parély as Léa Level
• Jean d'Yd as L'avocat général
• Janine Guise as La détective
• Jean Mercure as Le petit pâtissier
• Elisa Ruis as Régine Rozès
• Guy Rapp as Inspecteur Varnier
• Claude Roy as Le petit frère de Jeanne
• Francine Dartois as La soeur de Jeanne
• Paul Pauley as Monsieur Woss

Bibliography

• Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.

External links

• Street Without Joy at IMDb