Street Acquaintances (1948 film)

Street Acquaintances (German: Straßenbekanntschaft) is a 1948 German drama film directed by Peter Pewas and starring Gisela Trowe, Alice Treff and Ursula Voß. It was made by the Communist-controlled DEFA studios in the Soviet Zone of Germany Released in both the future West and East Germany it was a popular hit and sold 6,469,626 tickets.[1] While it can be regarded as using a style that resembled the Italian neorealist films of the era, it has also been suggested that it returns to the more traditional style of the Weimar era.[2] It portrays the dangers of spreading venereal disease.

Street Acquaintances
Directed byPeter Pewas [de]
Written byArthur Pohl
Starring
CinematographyGeorg Bruckbauer
Edited byJohanna Meisel
Music byMichael Jary
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Distributed byProgress Film
Release date
  • 13 April 1948 (1948-04-13)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Depenau.

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  • Martina Moeller. Rubble, Ruins and Romanticism: Visual Style, Narration and Identity in German Post-War Cinema. 2014.
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