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Joe May (1880-1954) was one of the pioneers of German cinema, known for his crime, adventure and exotic films. He emigrated to the US in 1933 and directed mainly B movies for Universal Pictures.
Joe May. A businessman and operetta director, Joe May, one of the founders of the German cinema, started directing films in 1911 and started his own production company a few years later. He gave famous German director Fritz Lang his start in films, employing him as a screenwriter in his early films.
- Director, Producer, Writer
- November 7, 1880
- Joe May
- April 29, 1954
Asphalt is a 1929 German silent film directed by Joe May. The film stars Gustav Fröhlich and Betty Amann and is about a young woman in Berlin who is driven into poverty and steals a valuable piece of jewelry.
A businessman and operetta director, Joe May, one of the founders of the German cinema, started directing films in 1911 and started his own production company a few years later. He gave famous German director Fritz Lang his start in films, employing him as a screenwriter in his early films.
- November 7, 1880
- April 29, 1954
Joe May's sensual drama of life in the Berlin underworld is in many ways the perfect summation of German filmmaking in the silent era: a dazzling visual style, a psychological approach to it...
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Joe May
- 1930-05-03
Dec 2, 2008 · Learn about Joe May, one of the founders of the German cinema, who directed operettas, silent films and sound films. Discover his career, his collaborations with Fritz Lang and Billy Wilder, and his struggles in Hollywood.
Jun 27, 2018 · Light on plot and heavy in atmosphere, Asphalt (Joe May, 1929) was one of the last silent films to come out of Ufa, and the German mega-studio seems to have spared no expense in its making.
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