This double-DVD presents two films by Gerhard Lamprecht, sketching social panoramas of late 1920s Berlin. Menschen untereinander delineates the social microcosm of a tenement building; the tenants represent a cross-section of poverty, corruption and compassion. In Unter der Laterne, the girl Else begins to follow the wrong path after an altercation with her father. The high life turns out to be the first step in a downward spiral.
The Films
Menschen untereinander - Germany 1926 - Directed by: Gerhard Lamprecht - Written by: Luise Heilbron-Körbitz, Gerhard Lamprecht, Eduard Rothauser - Cinematography by: Karl Hasselmann - Cast: Alfred Abel, Aud Egede Nissen, Eduard Rothauser, Renate Brausewetter, Paul Bildt, Käte Haack - Produced by: Gerhard Lamprecht-Film-Produktion, Berlin - Release date: April 3, 1926 (Berlin)
Unter der Laterne - Germany 1928 - Directed by: Gerhard Lamprecht - Written by: Luise Heilbron-Körbitz, Gerhard Lamprecht - Cinematography by: Karl Hasselmann - Cast: Lissy Arna, Gerhard Dammann, Mathias Wieman, Paul Heidemann, Hubert von Meyerinc, Käte Haack - Produced by: Gerhard Lamprecht-Film-Produktion, Berlin - Release date: September 4, 1928 (Berlin)
DVD features (2-disc DVD)
DVD 1
- Menschen untereinander 1926, 119'
- Score by Donald Sosin
- Alternative score by ensemble mosaik & Bernd Schultheis
- 16 page trilingual booklet with essays by Rolf Aurich, Wolfgang Jacobsen and Jörg Becker
DVD 2
- Unter der Laterne 1926, 119'
- Score by Donald Sosin
- Alternative score by shortfilmlivemusic
- 16 page trilingual booklet with an essay by Rolf Aurich and Wolfgang Jacobsen
Edited by: Deutsche Kinemathek and Goethe-Institut
DVD authoring: Tobias Dressel
DVD supervision: Annette Groschke
First edition February 2014, Second edition December 2014
