Money on the Street (German: Geld auf der Straße, lit. 'Gold on the Street') is a 1930 Austrian-German romantic comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Lydia Pollman, Georg Alexander, and Franz Schafheitlin. It is notable for the screen debut of Hedy Lamarr, who made a short appearance as an extra, and of Rosa Albach-Retty.[1]
Plot
A young woman tries to escape her fate of marriage to a dull, but wealthy fiancée.
Cast
- Lydia Pollman as Dodo
- Georg Alexander as Peter Paul Lutz
- Franz Schafheitlin as Bornhausen
- Leopold Kramer as Emil Reimbacher
- Rosa Albach-Retty as Lona Reimbacher
- Hans Moser as Albin Jensch
- Hugo Thimig, as Max Kesselberg
- Hans Thimig, as Max Kesselberg
- Alfred Neugebauer as Policeman
- Karl Ziegler as Dallibor
- Harry Payer as Sänger in der Carlton-Bar
- Ernst Arnold as Lukas
- Wilhelm Heim as bookkeeper
- Franz Kammauf as manager
- Hedy Lamarr as young woman at night club table
- Rose Mathe as Tschakowa
- Hermann Wawra as Head waiter
- Karl Kneidinger
Production
The film was made by Sascha Film, Austria's largest production company, at the Sievering Studios in Vienna.[2] It was the first sound film made in Austria, facilitated by an agreement made with the German firm Tobis Film who supplied the sound recording equipment. The story was adapted from a play by Rudolf Bernauer. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby and Emil Stepanek.
References
- ^ Geld auf der Straße (1930) - Trivia - IMDb. Retrieved 8 January 2025 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Barton, Ruth (2010). Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 17. ISBN 0813136547. JSTOR j.ctt2jcvm4.
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