Street Without Joy (film)

Street Without Joy (French: La rue sans joie) is a 1938 French drama film directed by André Hugon and starring Dita Parlo, Albert Préjean and Marguerite Deval. It is a remake of the 1925 German film The Joyless Street directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Synopsis

A young woman tries to financially support her family amidst the poverty of Paris.

Cast

• Dita Parlo as Jeanne de Romer
• Albert Préjean as Jean Dumas
• Marguerite Deval as Le greffier
• Line Noro as Marie Leichner
• Valéry Inkijinoff as Louis Stinner
• Pierre Alcover as Monsieur Antoine
• Henri Bosc as L'avocat de Stinner
• Fréhel as Henriette
• Jean Périer as Le grand-père
• Charlotte Barbier-Krauss as La mère de Jeanne
• Émile Drain as Le président
• Mila Parély as Léa Level
• Jean d'Yd as L'avocat général
• Janine Guise as La détective
• Jean Mercure as Le petit pâtissier
• Elisa Ruis as Régine Rozès
• Guy Rapp as Inspecteur Varnier
• Claude Roy as Le petit frère de Jeanne
• Francine Dartois as La soeur de Jeanne
• Paul Pauley as Monsieur Woss

References

Bibliography

• Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.

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