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Where to watch The Housing Shortage (1920) in the UK

The Housing Shortage (1920) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 14 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.

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.

  • Film
  • 1920
  • Comedy

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DirectorErnst Lubitsch
WritersHanns Kräly, Ernst Lubitsch

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