Joyless Street

Joyless Street
Video cover for short US version
Die freudlose Gasse
Directed byGeorg Wilhelm Pabst
Written by
Produced by
  • Michael Salkin
  • Romain Pinès
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byMark Sorkin
Production
company
Sofar-Film-Produktion GmbH
Distributed bySofar-Film-Produktion GmbH
Release date
  • 18 May 1925 (1925-05-18) (Germany)
Running time
151 minutes (restored version)
CountryGermany
Languages

Joyless Street (German: Die freudlose Gasse), also titled The Street of Sorrow or The Joyless Street, is a 1925 German silent film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst starring Greta Garbo, Asta Nielsen and Werner Krauss. It is based on a novel by Hugo Bettauer and widely considered an expression of New Objectivity in film.