(in German Die Freudlose Gasse)
Before I discuss the two films by GW Pabst let me put the film in a proper context by briefly touching upon hyperinflation, that existed in Weimar Republic.
Germany had to inflate its currency to pay the war reparations required under the Treaty of Versailles, but this didn’t cause hyperinflation. The German [...]
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The Joyless Street-1925
Posted in German Cinema, tagged 100 Best Films, post-war Vienna, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, hyperinflation, Weimar Republic, Greta Garbo on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Light In A Dark Place
Posted in moral philosophy, tagged charity, doer, godliness, hypocrisy, moral sense, preaching, religion, on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Moral sense is the spontaneous act of generosity,- and it comes on its own volition in response to a need felt, to leave one’s immediate surrounding a better place than he or she found it. Charity begins at home. What is the use of seeking other worlds when you have let this world a bit [...]
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