Bookkeeper Kremke (1930)
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
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