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Harbour Drift (1929) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1929 · 74 mins
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- Directed by
- Leo Mittler
- Starring
- Margarete Kupfer, Paul Rehkopf, Sig Arno, Fritz Genschow, Friedrich Gnaß, Lissy Arna
Set against a grim quayside of crime and prostitution, the bleak story follows a desperate quest for a stolen pearl necklace. A beggar takes the necklace under a prostitute’s watchful eye; she convinces her unemployed friend to retrieve it, with tragic results. Told in flashback, the film offers no irony or redemption—life simply continues.
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