SLUMS OF BERLIN is mainly interesting for glimpses of twenties Berlin and of players notable in the films of Lang and others.
Ex Con Goetzke struggles to rehabilitate himself through hard work, after coming out of prison. His decline is arrested by a golden hearted (of course) vice girl. The nice characters are totally one dimensional. Rather better are touches like Bergen stealing the fortune teller's sewing machine, after the cops have taken her away.
We get a murder done in the shadows but the film has little "Expressionist" detail.
Lamprecht was a busy director but it's hard to see his work and estimate it's value.
Ex Con Goetzke struggles to rehabilitate himself through hard work, after coming out of prison. His decline is arrested by a golden hearted (of course) vice girl. The nice characters are totally one dimensional. Rather better are touches like Bergen stealing the fortune teller's sewing machine, after the cops have taken her away.
We get a murder done in the shadows but the film has little "Expressionist" detail.
Lamprecht was a busy director but it's hard to see his work and estimate it's value.