Asphalt (1929)
- Directed by
- Joe May
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 51 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 traffic policeman catches a woman stealing a precious stone. She tries to seduce him and pulls him into her glamorous but dangerous world.
romantictensemelancholicstylishslow-burnglamorousfatalisticvisually lush
What happens
Asphalt is a 1929 German silent film directed by Joe May, starring Gustav Fröhlich and Betty Amann. The film was shot between October and December 1928 at UFA, and premiered on 11 March 1929 at the Ufa-Palast near Berlin Zoo. The film follows Else's attempts to seduce Albert, a traffic policeman, after he catches her trying to steal a precious stone. The film was initially banned for young audiences. It is considered to be one of the last great silent films produced by UFA. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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