Street Acquaintances () is a 1948 German drama film directed by Peter Pewas and starring Gisela Trowe, Alice Treff and Ursula Voß. It was made by the Communist-controlled DEFA studios in the Soviet Zone of Germany Released in both the future West and East Germany it was a popular hit and sold 6,469,626 tickets. While it can be regarded as using a style that resembled the Italian neorealist films of the era, it has also been suggested that it returns to the more traditional style of the Weimar era. It portrays the dangers of spreading venereal disease.
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Depenau.
Cast
Gisela Trowe as Erika
Alice Treff as Annemie
Ursula Voß as Marion
Siegmar Schneider as Walter Helbig
Harry Hindemith as Herbert Petzoldt
Hans Klering as Peter
Ursula Friese as Else
Arno Paulsen as Elses Freund
Gertrud Boll as Olly Gebauer
Eduard Wandrey as Spitz
Ursula Krieg as Frau Möbius
Herwart Grosse as Arzt im Gesundheitsamt
Agnes Windeck as Krankenschwester
Marlise Ludwig as Erikas Mutter
Eduard Wenck as Nachbar im Treppenhaus
Lotte Loebinger
Arthur Wiesner as Erikas Vater
Walter Werner as Redakteur
Karl Hannemann as Schieber
Monika Bode as Ärztin im Chefarztzimmer
Peter Elsholtz as Marions Freund
Ernst Rotmund as Unangenehmer Zeitgenosse
Karin Evans as Ärztin im Gesundheitsamt
Ursula Kolmetz
Otto Matthies as Nervöser Herr
Werner Pledath as Praktischer Arzt
Otto Brahn
Axel Triebel as Ein alter Major
Ellen Ysenta
Werner Segtrop
References
Bibliography
Martina Moeller. Rubble, Ruins and Romanticism: Visual Style, Narration and Identity in German Post-War Cinema. 2014.