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Asphalt(1929)
Status: Released
Date: 1929-03-12
73%
51 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
Overview:
Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
Germany
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Asphalt
Top 10 Billed Cast
Albert Steinrück
Hauptwachtmeister Holk
Else Heller
Mutter Holk
Gustav Fröhlich
Wachtmeister Albert Holk
Betty Amann
Else Kramer
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Konsul Langen
Hans Albers
Erster Dieb
Rosa Valetti
Geschäftsführerin
Paul Hörbiger
Zweiter Dieb
Arthur Duarte
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