One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May’s Asphalt is a love story set in the traffic-strewn Berlin of the late 1920s. Starring the delectable Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Asphalt is a luxuriously produced UFA classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of traffic.
Asphalt is a 1929 German silent film directed by Joe May and stars Gustav Fröhlich and Betty Amann. The film follows Else's attempts to seduce Albert, a traffic policeman, after he catches her trying to steal a precious stone. The film was shot between October and December 1928 at UFA.
