Vor Sonnenaufgang by Gerhart Hauptmann

A naturalistic drama set in a provincial community that exposes the corrosive effects of alcoholism, social injustice and moral decay on a working-class family and their neighbors; mounting tensions, exploitation and domestic violence unravel relationships and lead to a tragic confrontation that lays bare the cruelty beneath surface respectability and the despair of those crushed by societal pressures.

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