01 Jan 2009
The Alchemistic Suitcase
A nervous and unsettling young boy takes a mysterious old suitcase across London... to a twisted and surreal conclusion.
The Joyless Street
Open any door in Melchior Alley, and you'll come face to face with naked misery.
In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.
Top Billed Cast
Werner Krauß Josef Geiringer
Jaro Fürth Hofrat Rumfort
Greta Garbo Greta Rumfort
Asta Nielsen Maria Lechner (Mizzi)
Agnes Esterhazy Regine
Karl Etlinger Generaldirektor Rosenow
Henry Stuart 
Einar Hanson 
Ilka Grüning 
Gregori Chmara Robert Garrison 
Alexander Murski 
Valeska Gert 
Hertha von Walther Otto Reinwald Sylvia Torff 
Loni Nest Mario Cusmich
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