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.[1] 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 Gloria-Palast 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, The Four Vagabonds, was also made.
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| Directed by | Lupu Pick |
| Written by | Johannes Brandt |
| Produced by | Lupu Pick |
| Cinematography | Robert Baberske Eugen Schüfftan |
| Edited by | L. Kish |
| Music by | Marc Roland |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Cast
edit- Ina Albrecht as Marie
- Ernst Busch as Peter
- Albert Hoermann as Paul
- Hans Deppe as Max
- Martin Jacob as Emil
- Wolfgang Staudte as Gustav
- Karl Hannemann as Hausverwalter Nowack
- Margarete Schön as Emma
- Willi Schaeffers as Impresario
- Werner Hollmann as Untersuchungsrichter
- Werner Pledath as Kommisar
- Rudolf Biebrach as Aufseher
- Hans Leibelt as Kriminalinspektor
- María Dalbaicín as Taenzerin
- Michael von Newlinsky as Tänzer
- Rudolf Blümner as Mann am Telefon
- Comedian Harmonists as Themselves
- Gustav Püttjer
- Albert Florath
References
edit- ^ Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Rachel J. Halverson & Kristie A. Foell. Berlin: The Symphony Continues : Orchestrating Architectural, Social, and Artistic Change in Germany's New Capital. Walter de Gruyter, 2004. p.304
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