''Tragedy of the Street'' (German: ''Dirnentragödie'') is a 1927 German silent

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directed by Bruno Rahn and starring

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and

Oskar Homolka Oskar Homolka (August 12, 1898 – January 27, 1978) was an Austrian film and theatre actor, who went on to work in Germany, Britain and America. Both his voice and his appearance fitted him for roles as communist spies or Soviet officials, for w ...

.Rentschler, Eric. ''German Film & Literature''. Routledge, 2013. . It is also known by the

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''Women Without Men''.

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as Auguste - old street walker *

as Clarissa - young street walker *

as Anton - pimp *

Werner Pittschau Werner Pittschau (24 March 1902 – 28 October 1928) was a German theater and film actor of the silent film era. He was a leading men in 30 films during the 1920s, but his career was cut short by his death in an automobile accident, aged 26. Pit ...

as Felix - student *

Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein (1866–1965) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * '' The Clan'' (1920) * ''Anna Boleyn'' (1920) * ''President Barrada'' (1920) * ''Lady Godiva'' (1921) * '' The Inheritance'' (1922) * ''Tragedy of ...

as his mother *Otto Kronburger as his father *

Hermann Picha Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting r ...

as Kauzke - pianist *

Gerhard Dammann Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * ''Under the Lantern'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * ''When the Mother and ...

Eva Speyer Eva Speyer also known as Eva Speyer-Stoeckel and Eva Ebert (24 August 1882 – 13 August 1975) was a German actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1911 to 1932. Selected filmography References External links * * * 1882 ...

as prostitute

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* 1927 drama films Silent German drama films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Bruno Rahn German silent feature films German films based on plays Films about prostitution in Germany German black-and-white films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub

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