Harbor Drift

Harbor Drift

Jenseits der Straße - Eine Tragödie des Alltags
🎞️ Movie 78 min DE
โ˜… 7.5 /10 1929

A pre-Depression slice of proletarian life from Weimar Germany, Harbour Drift is unusually interesting for its indifferent pessimism, rejecting even the minor rays of hope which permeate the other low-life ‘street films’ of the period. A sordid tale of poverty and greed set within a quayside milieu of crime and prostitution, the narrative centres on the quest for a sparkling pearl necklace stolen by a beggar under the gaze of a prostitute, who persuades her unemployed friend to steal it back, with tragic consequences. The story unfolds in flashback, without irony or a hint of redemption: life simply goes on. The film is remarkable for the innovative camerawork of Friedl Behn-Grund, which manipulates light and shadow to create a nightmarish atmosphere of fear and premonition.

Cast

Lissy Arna
Lissy Arna
Die Dirne
Lissy Arna
Lissy Arna
The Prostitute
Paul Rehkopf
Paul Rehkopf
Der Bettler
Paul Rehkopf
Paul Rehkopf
The Beggar
Fritz Genschow
Fritz Genschow
Der Arbeitsloser
Fritz Genschow
Fritz Genschow
The Unemployed man
Sig Arno
Sig Arno
Der Hehler
Sig Arno
Sig Arno
The Receiver
Friedrich Gnaß
Friedrich Gnaß
Der Matrose
Friedrich Gnaß
Friedrich Gnaß
The Sailor
Margarete Kupfer
Margarete Kupfer
Die Wirtin
Margarete Kupfer
Margarete Kupfer
The Landlady
Jean Toulout
Jean Toulout
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Friedl Behn-Grund
Cinematographer