The Street Song (1931)

Original title

Gassenhauer

Directed by

Lupu Pick

Genre

drama film, comedy film, musical film, crime film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of street musicians navigate love and crime in Berlin. Their performances and personal lives intertwine as they chase success and romance.

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What happens

The Street Song or The Streetsweeper (German: Gassenhauer) is a 1931 German musical crime film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Ina Albrecht, Ernst Busch and Albert Hoermann. The film was shot at the Grunewald Studios. It is a Berlin-set film, with sets designed by art director Robert Neppach. It premiered at the Ufa-Pavillon am Nollendorfplatz in the German capital. The film was a considerable public success and one of its songs, "Marie, Marie," by the Comedian Harmonists, became a hit record. A separate French-language version, Les Quatre Vagabonds with a different cast and music was also made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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