{"product_id":"joyless-street-silent-mod-dvd-movie","title":"Joyless Street (Silent) (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)","description":"In post-World War I Vienna, the economic depression hits retired civil servant Rumfort and his young daughter Greta particularly hard. Rather than see Greta begging on the street, Rumfort trades in his pension for supposedly valuable shares in a coal mine. When the shares are revealed to be worthless, the Rumforts are left poorer than before. To support her father, Greta is forced to become a cabaret dancer at Madame Gill's, a haven for debauchery and hedonism. When she discovers what her new job really entails, Greta realizes she has chosen a fate worse than death...\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoyless Street\u003c\/i\u003e is considered one of the most important films of the silent era. It is the second feature directed by G.W. Pabst, the filmmaker who more than any other moved the German cinema away from Expressionism and into its \"New Objectivity\" phase. Pabst's films emphasized pessimistic realism, and dealt with such taboo topics as homosexuality, prostitution, drug abuse, abortion, and economic inequality. \u003ci\u003eJoyless Street\u003c\/i\u003e is also the last movie Greta Garbo made in Europe before embarking on her American film career and worldwide stardom. The actress had made only one film prior to this, Mauritz Stiller's \u003ci\u003eThe Saga of Gosta Berling\u003c\/i\u003e (1924), in her native Sweden. Both \u003ci\u003eThe Saga of Gosta Berling\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJoyless Street\u003c\/i\u003e made an impression on MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer, who signed Garbo to a Hollywood contract. Her first American film was \u003ci\u003eTorrent\u003c\/i\u003e (1926), but it was \u003ci\u003eFlesh and the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), with John Gilbert, that made Garbo an international sensation. It was sometime after this that an enterprising British distributor, New Era National Pictures, took \u003ci\u003eJoyless Street\u003c\/i\u003e, which ran close to two hours, and removed all scenes except those pertaining to Garbo's character. (An entire concurrent storyline, featuring famed Danish actress Asta Nielsen as a young woman forced into prostitution, was deleted.) It is this version that is presented here. Though lacking some of the punch of Pabst's full-length version, its emphasis on Garbo makes it a must-see for her devotees. As Louise Brooks, who starred in the director's masterpiece \u003ci\u003ePandora's Box\u003c\/i\u003e (1929), wrote in her book \u003ci\u003eLulu in Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Garbo gave Pabst the purest performance of her career.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"COLOR: #0000ff\"\u003eDVD Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Rated:  NR\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Runtime:  1 hours,  1 minutes\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Encoding: Region 1(US \u0026amp; Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Originally Released:  1\/1\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Label:  Alpha Video\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarring: Greta Garbo; Henry Stuart; Einar Hanson; Jaro Furth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: blue 3px solid; BORDER-LEFT: blue 3px solid; WIDTH: 675px; HEIGHT:140px; BORDER-TOP: blue 3px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: blue 3px solid\"\u003eThis product is made-on-demand by the manufacturer using DVD-R recordable media. Almost all DVD players can play DVD-Rs (except for some older models made before 2000) - please consult your owner's manual for formats compatible with your player. These DVD-Rs may not play on all computers or DVD player\/recorders. To address this, the manufacturer recommends viewing this product on a DVD player that does not have recording capability. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53382362005804,"sku":"089218828996","price":18.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6327\/4284\/files\/Joyless-Street-Silent-MOD-DVD-MOVIE.jpg?v=1782476178","url":"https:\/\/www.margaritasvideostore.com\/products\/joyless-street-silent-mod-dvd-movie","provider":"Margarita's Video Store LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}