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  • AstaNielsen 葛丽泰·嘉宝 AgnesEsterhazy WernerKrauß KarlEtlinger ValeskaGert
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  • DiefreudloseGasse,directedGeorgWilhelmPabstfromasc… DiefreudloseGasse,directedGeorgWilhelmPabstfromascriptbyWillyHaas,basedonanovelbyHugoBettauer,isnotonlyoneofthemostimportantfilmsoftheWeimarRepublic,itisalsooneofthemostspectacularcensorshipcasesoftheera.Whilethefilmmadeitsdirectorfamous,thestateinstitutionsofcontrolguaranteedthatnoonewouldever...  DiefreudloseGasse,directedGeorgWilhelmPabstfromascriptbyWillyHaas,basedonanovelbyHugoBettauer,isnotonlyoneofthemostimportantfilmsoftheWeimarRepublic,itisalsooneofthemostspectacularcensorshipcasesoftheera.Whilethefilmmadeitsdirectorfamous,thestateinstitutionsofcontrolguaranteedthatnoonewouldeverseethefilminitsoriginalform.Thefilmwasconsideredtoomuchofaprovocation.ItsstoryfromtheinflationaryperiodinViennaintheyearsimmediatelyafterWorldWarIofferedenoughdynamiteforseveralmuckrakingnovels:nouveaurichescurrencyandstockmarketspeculatorswhowallowinBabylonianluxury,homelessandunemployedLumpenproletariatlivinginbarns,womenwhoselltheirsoulsforabitoffreshmeatatthebutcher's,arrogantbutimpoverishedformerbureaucratsunawareoftheirsocialslide,youngsocialclimberswillingtoprostitutethemselveswithhighsocietywomen,sexualorgiesandbordellos,murderoutofjealousy,murderoutofdespair,and,finally,arevolutioninthestreets.  Contemporaryfilmcritics,aswellasfilmhistorianshavealwaysrecognizedTheJoylessStreetasaseminalfilm,afilmontheborderbetweenGermanExpressionismandNeueSachlichkeit.Twoquotesfromcontemporaryreviewsmayillustratethepoint:theBerlinerTageblattwrote:"Intermsofitsacting,thisisabeautifulfilmwithgreatdirectionandwonderfulactors."Infact,thefilmstarredAstaNielsen,WernerKraus,HerthavonWalter,andayoungGretaGarbowhowouldgoontoastellarcareerinHollywood.IntheDeutscheAllgemeineZeitung,OttoFriedrichwrote:"Heachieveshisgoalingreatstyle,doesnottreadonwell-wornpaths,presentsnewideaswhichareuniquelyhisown,andwiththisachievementgivesusanewhope.Hecapturestheatmosphereofanidea,keepsredrawingitonthesurfaceinevermoreintensiveimages,incontrastsofactionthatmakeaneverstrongerimpression.Heillustratesthedown-troddensoulsoftheeraandthemaniclustforpleasureofitspeoplewhoaretryingtodonothingmorethanescapeforafewminutesfromtheterribletruthofthepresent."  Notonlywasthefilmcutforpoliticalandmoralreasonsineverycountrywhereitwaspubliclyshown,itwasalsoreeditedinordertoclosethehugegapscreatedbycensorshipcuts.Thus,inalmosteverycountrytotallydifferentnarrativesofTheJoylessStreetemerged.AccordingtoMarkSorkin,Pabst'seditor,heandPabsthadmadethefirstcutsthenightbeforethepremiere,becausethetheatreownerinsistedthefilmbeshortened.

WhilethefirstversionofTheJoylessStreetstillhadalengthof3738meters,thefilmwasbackincourton29March1926,becausethepolicehadissuedadecreecallingforatotalbanonthefilm,duetoits"lewd"and"seditious"tendencies.Nowonly3477metersremainedofthefilm.Noneofthelatersurvivingversionsevercameclosetothislength.NeitheraGermanversion,northeoriginalGermancensorshipcardsareknowntoexist.  EveryonewhohasseenthenewreconstructionofTheJoylessStreetagreesthatitisavastimprovementoverallpreviouslyexistingversions.Yetitremainsonlyasubjectiveattemptatareconstruction.Whileitistruethatthereconstructionteamtriedtobaseeveryoneofitdecisionsondocumentaryevidence,itmustalsobeadmittedthatwithoutasurvivingoriginalGermanversion,wewillneverknowwhatthefilmreallylookedlike.Giventheincrediblecomplexityofthenarrative,involvingatleastsixdifferentsubplots,andthefactthatthefilmisstillmissingatleast700meters,thisversionmustbecharacterizedasatattemptatareconstruction.  Jan-ChristopherHorak

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