Cinematography
Stunning Weimar-era Berlin location shooting, now documentary-precious.
Acting
Lupu Pick's face could make a stone weep for dying trades.
Direction
Boese stages the final horse vs. automobile confrontation with operatic cruelty.
Director
Carl Boese
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lupu Pick was so committed to the role he reportedly learned blacksmithing and refused motorized transport during filming.
Shot during the Weimar Republic's hyperinflation crisis, the film's economic desperation mirrored its audience's reality with uncomfortable precision.
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