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Critical Consensus
Regarded as one of the last great silent films produced by UFA.
Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.
Directed byJoe May
Written byJoe May, Hans Székely, Rolf E. Vanloo
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7.4
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7.3
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Despite being initially banned for young audiences, Joe May's 1929 film is widely considered one of the last great silent films produced by UFA.
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The film was initially banned for young audiences.
It is considered to be one of the last great silent films produced by UFA.
The street scenes were filmed at the UFA Studios in Neubabelsberg, using wooden structures under artificial light.
Asphalt was one of the last silent films, alongside Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon, to have been partly filmed in Babelsberg.
This was the last fully completed film role for Albert Steinrück, who did not live to see the film's premiere.
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