Asphalt

Asphalt

93 mins | Drama | March 12, 1929

One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May’s Asphalt is a love story set in the traffic-strewn Berlin of the late 1920s. Starring the delectable Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Asphalt is a luxuriously produced UFA classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of traffic.

Asphalt

93 mins | Drama | March 12, 1929

Asphalt
One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May’s Asphalt is a love story set in the traffic-strewn Berlin of the late 1920s. Starring the delectable Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Asphalt is a luxuriously produced UFA classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of traffic.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Asphalt
Directors Joe May
Writers Rolf E. Vanloo, Hans Székely, Joe May

Cast

Albert Steinrück

as Hauptwachtmeister Holk

Else Heller

as Mutter Holk

Gustav Fröhlich

as Wachtmeister Albert Holk

Betty Amann

as Else Kramer

Hans Adalbert Schlettow

as Konsul Langen

Hans Albers

as Erster Dieb

Rosa Valetti

as Geschäftsführerin

Paul Hörbiger

as Zweiter Dieb