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The Folk Upstairs (1926)
Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
Overview
In “Menschen Untereinander” (“The Folk Upstairs”), director Gerhard Lamprecht sketches a cross-section of Germany’s new post-war society, with its winners, social climbers, and losers, represented by the social microcosm of an apartment building. The gossip-mad Frau Mierig (Lydia Potechina) from the rear building gives the newly-arrived Frau Kaminski (Käthe Haack), the janitor’s wife, a lively initiation into the tenants and their peculiarities.
Length 123 minutes
Actors
Käthe Haack | Lydia Potechina | Alfred Abel | Aud Egede Nissen | Eduard Rothauser | Renate Brausewetter | Paul Bildt | Elsa Wagner | Erika Glässner | Margarete Kupfer | Olga Limburg | Hermine Sterler | Aribert Wäscher | Erich Kaiser-Titz | Heinrich Schroth | Kurt Vespermann | Hans Junkermann | Julia Serda | Hubert von Meyerinck | Albert Paulig | Hermann Picha