The Joyless Street

In 1921 in the poor part of an Austrian town called Melchiorgasse there are only two wealthy people: the butcher Josef Geiringer and his wife. Mrs. Greifer runs a fashion boutique and a nightclub patronized by wealthy Viennese. Annexed to the nightclub is Merkl Hotel, a brothel to which the women of the nightclub bring their clients. The film follows the lives of two women from the same poor neighborhood as they try to better themselves during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation. They are Marie, who becomes a prostitute, and Grete who does not.The Joyless Street featuring Werner Krauss and Jaro Fürth is streaming with subscription on Prime Video, free on SnagFilms, and available for purchase on Prime Video. It's a drama movie with a better than average Rotten Tomatoes (critics) score of 75% and a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.2 (1,304 votes).