Plot Summary
The plot of the lost film is divided into two acts. Ossi Oswalda and Victor Janson play two apartment seekers, while Marga Köhler is a landlady. The housing shortage is treated in sketch form and "in a joking manner [...] the real housing calamity", whereby "humorous aspects" are wrested from the "tragedy." Lubitsch and Kräly used a sketch in the film that they had written especially for Ossi Oswalda.
Full Cast & Characters
Director & Crew
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
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The Housing Shortage was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released in 1920.
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Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1920-02-06
- Status
- Released