Overview
Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Music
Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Günther Rittau
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Joe MayWriter
- Hans SzékelyWriter
- Rolf E. VanlooWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 12, 1929
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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Cast
Albert SteinrückHauptwachtmeister Holk- Else HellerMutter Holk
Gustav FröhlichWachtmeister Albert Holk
Betty AmannElse Kramer
Hans Adalbert SchlettowKonsul Langen
Hans AlbersErster Dieb
Rosa ValettiGeschäftsführerin
Paul HörbigerZweiter Dieb
Arthur Duarte- Trude Lieske
Rudolf Meinhard-Jünger
Karl Platen
Hermann Vallentin
Kurt Vespermann
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