Prostitution (German: Die Prostitution) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel and Gussy Holl. It was released in two parts: Das gelbe Haus and Die sich verkaufen. It was one of several enlightenment films made during the era by Oswald. The physician Magnus Hirschfeld was an advisor on the production. The first part premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.
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Cast
Part I
Fritz Beckmann as Klaßen, Agent
Anita Berber as Lola, dessen Tochter
Gussy Holl as Hedwig
Conrad Veidt as Alfred Werner
Rudolf Klein-Rhoden as Hiller, Hausbesitzer
Rita Clermont as Vera, Hillers Tochter
Reinhold Schünzel as Karl Döring
Ferdinand Bonn as Michalsky
Marga Köhler as Madame Riedel
Kissa von Sievers as Die Prostitution
Preben J. Rist as Diener der Gerechtigkeit
Emil Lind as alter Herr
Werner Krauss as Mann
Ernst Gronau
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Part II
Conrad Veidt
Reinhold Schünzel
Gertrude Hoffman
Eduard von Winterstein
Ilka Grüning
Preben J. Rist
Paul Morgan
Kissa von Sievers
Gussy Holl