Scuggs, the utterly unpleasant super of a Bronx tenement is driven to desperate measures by an innocent-appearing, but manipulative 11 year-old girl. Based on the graphic novel by American Master Will Eisner, Meinecke combines larger-than-life characters, borrows from the traditions of melodrama and applies a visual language derived from German Expressionists to create a haunting tale, that won particular favor with New York critics.
Top Cast
Erich Bar as Scuggs
Natalia Bitnar as Rosy
Eva Maria Meineke as Mrs. Farfell
Horst Pasderski as Mr. Levinsky
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