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directed by Marie Harder
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Search all platforms ↗In this realistic, unsentimental portrait of Germany’s dire economic situation, a middle-aged payroll clerk loses his job due to technological advances and, unable to find another, descends into despair. The film’s director, Marie Harder, was one of only a few women directors of the time and was also the head of the German Social Democratic Film Office. She made only two known films before her accidental death in exile in Mexico in 1936.

Hermann Vallentin
Kremke

Anna Sten
Lene, Kremkes ältere Tochter

Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
Erwin, junger Arbeiter

Else Heller
Erwins Mutter

Wolfgang Zilzer
Lenes Verlobter, Student

Inge Landgut
Kremkes jüngere Tochter
Director
Marie Harder
Language
German