The Salvation Hunters

1925 · Directed by Josef von Sternberg · 65 min · drama film, silent film

★ 6.7/10 · 16 ratings on TMDB

A hopelessly hopeful drifter, a bitter young woman, and a helpless child live on the docks, spending their days in poverty and listless wandering. Overhead, a dredge hauls up mud and trash from the nearby seabed-- the same mud and trash from the day before. They finally decide to leave for the city to seek fulfillment, only to encounter further privation, destitution, temptation.