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Asphalt (1929) [w/Commentary]
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Asphalt (1929)
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 5760 Kbps | 94 min | 3,99 Gb
Audio: Score AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps with a few Deutsch intertitles | Subs: None
+ English Commentary track
Genre: Drama
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 5760 Kbps | 94 min | 3,99 Gb
Audio: Score AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps with a few Deutsch intertitles | Subs: None
+ English Commentary track
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe May
Stars: Albert Steinrück, Else Heller, Gustav Fröhlich
From its elaborate and stylish opening scenes, Asphalt immediately establishes itself as a startling cinematic achievement of Weimar cinema. Gustav Frölich, best known as the young protagonist of Metropolis, stars as a strait-laced traffic cop who has the simple task of escorting a diamond thief to the police station. However, Holk's routine assignment becomes complicated when he discovers the criminal in his custody: the exotic and beautiful Else (Betty Amann). Working alongside cinematographer Günther Rittau (The Blue Angel), director Joe May (The Indian Tomb) takes a simple melodrama and transforms it into a masterwork, with a brooding visual style, nuanced performances, and psychological complexity.
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Asphalt (1929) [w/Commentary]
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Audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide
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