Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness (1929)

- Original title
- Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück
- Directed by
- Phil Jutzi
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A poor mother struggles to survive in harsh urban poverty. Her son dies and her daughter turns to prostitution. Communism offers hope but arrives too late to save the family.
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What happens
Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness (German: Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Phil Jutzi and starring Alexandra Schmitt, Holmes Zimmermann and Ilse Trautschold. The film was produced by the left-wing Prometheus Film, a German subsidiary of the Soviet company Mezhrabpom-Film. It depicts the cruelty of poverty and depicts Communism as a rescuing force that, alas, reaches Mutter Krause and the child that lives in Krause's apartment too late. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Hungarian Nights (1929)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.