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Taschendiebe

1921 · 116 min

A quiet, shadowy silent-era drama of seduction and swindle, unfolding slowly with a melancholy, faintly tense air.

Directed by
Emil Justitz
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Ernst Wurmser, Hans Albers, Emil Mamelok
Overview
A pickpocket seduces and scams a wealthy married woman out of a large sum of money.

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Directed by
Emil Justitz
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Ernst Wurmser, Hans Albers, Emil Mamelok
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • class
  • love
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Emil Justitz
Written by
Rudolf Strauß, Leo Heller
Starring
Ernst Wurmser, Hans Albers, Emil Mamelok, Maria Zelenka, Erna Morena, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Richard Georg, Margarete Kupfer
Cinematography
Hermann Schadock
Runtime
116 min
Country
Germany

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