Bookkeeper Kremke (1930)

7.8/10 61 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

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

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