''Street Acquaintances'' (German: ''Strassenbekanntschaften'') is a 1929 Czech-German

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directed by

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and Alwin Neuß and starring Theodor Pištěk, Blanka Svobodová and

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.Krautz p.122 It was shot in

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. The film's sets were designed by

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Cast

* Theodor Pištěk as Urban * Blanka Svobodová as Otýlie *

as Zdenka *

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as Ema *

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as Florián Krauseminz *

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as Jaroslav Klement *

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as Factory Owner *

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as Vladimír Skála *

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as Marketa Skálová * Jan Richter as Zelenka * Antonie Nedošinská as Zelenka's Wife * as Mána * Jiří Hron as Václav * Hugh Douglas as Alfréd Snajdr aka Baron Freddy * Jindřich Plachta as Urban's Servant *

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as Wedding Guest * Milka Bálek-Brodská as Wedding Guest's Wife *

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as Doctor * Rudolf Stahl as Detective *

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as Inspector *

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as Commissioner * Betty Kysilková as Woman in Eden *

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as Servant

References

Bibliography

* Alfred Krautz. ''Encyclopedia of film directors in the United States of America and Europe, Volume 2''. Saur, 1997.

External links

* 1929 films Czech silent films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Alwin Neuß German black-and-white films Czech black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub