Bookkeeper Kremke

In this realistic, unsentimental portrait of Germany’s dire economic situation, a middle-aged payroll clerk loses his job due to technological advances and, unable to find another, descends into despair. The film’s director, Marie Harder, was one of only a few women directors of the time and was also the head of the German Social Democratic Film Office. She made only two known films before her accidental death in exile in Mexico in 1936.

Director: Marie Harder

Cast: Hermann Vallentin, Anna Sten, Ivan Koval-Samborskiy, Else Heller, Wolfgang Zilzer, Inge Landgut

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.