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

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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