Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness
1929 · 133 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 338 VOTES · DIR. Phil Jutzi
Overview
Mutter Krause, her daughter Erna and her son Paul live in a tenement in the poorer section of Berlin's Wedding district. Along with them lives "the Tenant", his soon-to-be bride Friede, who works as a prostitute, and her child whose name isn't revealed in the film. Mutter Krause is a quiet, long-suffering old woman who earns what little she can delivering newspapers. However, Paul is an alcoholic and spends all her money on drink. Mutter Krause can't pay back the money she owes the man whose newspapers she delivered and he accuses her of stealing and threatens her with arrest. Mutter Krause must then pawn her last valuable possession, a treasured memento of her late husband. Paul then breaks into the same pawn shop. He gets away but is later arrested. Meanwhile, Erna begins dating a young man with Communist views, who turns Erna to Communism and also helps her earn the money her mother needs by more honest means.
Dialogue Timeline — 117 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness
00:01:08 A shadowy world of servants and slaves ... the slum quarters of the rentals without sunlight ...
00:03:26 Workers emaciated, invalided, empty, with sunken eyes, blinded ...
00:04:57 ... Mother Krause lives here.
00:07:18 Rags! Bones!
00:10:30 Have you brought at least some money today?
00:13:39 This comes from Santa's workshop.
00:19:58 Looks like a bad guy.
00:22:53 WOMEN IN THE SOCIAL STRUGGLE
00:26:39 I have no money.
00:32:13 The old lady is at home, waiting.
00:42:32 Where is Paul?
00:44:28 Congratulations to the newlyweds!
00:48:02 Aren't you afraid of the wedding night?
00:52:23 What did you say about my daughter?
00:53:55 Oh, God, that's not what I meant.
00:55:49 I'll put him in the window, since my dark room does not have any air.
01:00:44 if not, I will let everyone know and you will be denounced!
01:04:11 Tell me now, mother. So is it true?
01:07:32 He's such a good son, he'll let his mother go to jail, when he could help.
01:17:36 A fantastic story.
01:24:13 What has happened?
01:30:43 Paul, my Paul!
01:36:33 Come, travel with Mother Krause to happiness.