Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness

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Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness (1929)

Directed by Phil Jutzi

“The great Zille-movie”

Drama · 2h 13m

Mutter Krause, her daughter Erna and her son Paul live in a tenement in the poorer section of Berlin's Wedding district. Along with them lives "the Tenant", his soon-to-be bride Friede, who works as a prostitute, and her child whose name isn't revealed in the film. Mutter Krause is a quiet, long-suffering old woman who earns what little she can delivering newspapers. However, Paul is an alcoholic and spends all her money on drink. Mutter Krause can't pay back the money she owes the man whose newspapers she delivered and he accuses her of stealing and threatens her with arrest. Mutter Krause must then pawn her last valuable possession, a treasured memento of her late husband. Paul then breaks into the same pawn shop. He gets away but is later arrested. Meanwhile, Erna begins dating a young man with Communist views, who turns Erna to Communism and also helps her earn the money her mother needs by more honest means.

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Cast

A
Alexandra Schmitt Mutter Krause Holmes Zimmermann Paul Ilse Trautschold Erna Gerhard Bienert Untermieter
V
Vera Sacharowa Prostituierte Friedrich Gnaß Max
F
Fee Wachsmuth Kind

Crew

Director
Phil Jutzi
Screenplay
Willy Döll, Jan Fethke

Details

Original title
Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück
Release date
1929-12-30
Runtime
2h 13m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Germany
Production
Prometheus-Film-Verleih