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Joe May, Ufa, 1929. Gustav Fröhlich is a traffic cop. Betty Amann is a jewel thief who gets her bracelet caught and then gets him. Late silent Berlin: wet streets, a parental apartment, a modern bedroom. New Objectivity more than painted dread. It belongs here as the movement's aftertaste.
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The late version: painted dread gone, replaced by wet asphalt and a bracelet. The opening montage of Berlin traffic tells you the movement has left the studio for the city it was always about.
Wanting on wet streets. A traffic cop, a jewel thief, and a bracelet caught on purpose. Betty Amann does most of the work with a look; Fröhlich does the rest with a uniform he cannot take off. Watch the bedroom scene. Watch who pays: his parents' apartment.
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