Upstairs and Downstairs (1925 film)

Upstairs and Downstairs (German: Vorderhaus und Hinterhaus) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Richard Oswald and Carl Wilhelm and starring Max Adalbert, Mary Kid and Valeska Stock.[1]

Upstairs and Downstairs
Hans Albers (left) in a scene from the film
GermanVorderhaus und Hinterhaus
Directed by
Written byRichard Oswald
Produced byRichard Oswald
Starring
CinematographyEmil Schünemann
Music byFelix Bartsch
Production
company
Transatlantische Film
Distributed byDeulig-Verleih
Release date
  • 30 November 1925 (1925-11-30)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter.

Plot

Adalbert Marx, an elderly and widowed gentleman, owns a tenement house as well as city's most popular Maxim Bar. Mrs. Brenneis, a resident, who can't afford her rent, decides to ask Marx to give her daughter a chance as a dancer in his establishment. The idea suits him very well because the time is long gone since his wife has died, and Adalbert has an eye on the talented and pretty Iduna Brenneis. He gives her the job and arranges for Iduna's mother and brother Fritz to move to the more spacious and brighter front building. While Iduna as a dancer earns the much-needed additional income to be able to pay the rent, the girl also achieves that Fritz is allowed to sound the guests with classical music in Marx's bar.

Fritz soon shows great interest in Ilse, the daughter of his employer. His smart and clever managing director Otto Flaschenhals would be exactly the game he wants for his little daughter. In addition, Adalbert fears that he could face massive competition for Iduna's favor in Flaschenhals. Everything would have run smoothly if it weren't for Natascha, also a dancer in Marx's Maxim Bar and at the same time a roommate in the front building. She is very jealous since the old man has lost interest in her and now prefers the young Iduna. And so Natascha, who, since she lost her dance job to the competitor and had to hand over her front building to Iduna and her entourage, intends to thwart Adalbert's plans.

Cast

References
  1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 8. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.


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