Harbour Drift 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.
- Title: Harbour Drift
- Year: 1929
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Germany
- Studio: Prometheus-Film-Verleih
- Director: Leo Mittler
- Cast: Lissy Arna, Paul Rehkopf, Fritz Genschow, Friedrich Gnaß, Sig Arno, Margarete Kupfer
- Crew: Leo Mittler (Director), Jan Fethke (Writer), Willy Döll (Writer), Friedl Behn-Grund (Director of Photography), Willi Münzenberg (Executive Producer), Dimitri Roschanski (Producer)
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- Release: Jan 01, 1929
- Runtime: 74 minutes
- IMDb: 6.60 / 10 by 6 users
- Popularity: 2
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: No Language
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