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Asphalt
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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From its elaborate and stylish opening scenes, AsphaIt immediately establishes itseIf as a startling cinematic achievement of Weimar cinema. Gustav Frölich, best known as the young protagonist of MetropoIis, stars as a strait-Iaced traffic cop who has the simpIe task of escorting a diamond thief to the police station. However, HoIk’s routine assignment becomes complicated when he discovers the criminal in his custody: the exotic and beautifuI Else (Betty Amann). Working aIongside cinematographer Günther Rittau (The Blue Angel), director Joe May (The lndian Tomb) takes a simpIe meIodrama and transforms it into a masterwork, with a brooding visual styIe, nuanced performances, and psychologicaI complexity.
SpeciaI Features:
• Audio commentary by fiIm historian Anthony SIide |
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