Asphalt

Asphalt (1929)

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.

Date of release
1929-03-12
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (52)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama
Director
Joe May

Casting

Interesting facts

Asphalt is a 1929 German silent film directed by Joe May, starring Gustav Fröhlich and Betty Amann. The film was shot between October and December 1928 at UFA, and premiered on 11 March 1929 at the Ufa-Palast near Berlin Zoo. The film follows Else's attempts to seduce Albert, a traffic policeman, after he catches her trying to steal a precious stone. The film was initially banned for young audiences. It is considered to be one of the last great silent films produced by UFA.

Production

Asphalt was made by UFA, one of Germany's most prestigious film studios. It was shot between October and December 1928. With the exception of a few cleverly edited live-action shots, the street scenes were filmed at the UFA Studios in Neubabelsberg. It was subtitled The Police Sergeant and the Diamond Else.

The set streets consisted of wooden structures under artificial light. The buildings for Asphalt were designed by Erich Kettelhut, and the costumes were designed by René Hubert.

Asphalt was one of the last silent films, alongside Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon, to have been partly filmed in Babelsberg.

This was the last fully completed film role for Albert Steinrück, who plays the dutiful father. He did not live to see the premiere of the film.

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