A young German officer's (Wolfgang Liebeneiner) life is turned upside when he tries to end his affair with a married baroness (Olga Tschechowa) after falling for an innocent young singer (Magda Schneider)..
Is this actually worth your time? If you have a thing for vintage European melodrama and don't mind a movie that moves at the speed of a glaciers, sure, give it a go. But if you get bored when people spend ten minutes just looking out of windows while clutching their chests, steer clear. Wolfgang Liebeneiner plays the...
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"Is this actually worth your time? If you have a thing for vintage European melodrama and don't mind a movie that moves at the speed of a glaciers, sure, give it a go. But if you get bored when people spend ten minutes just looking out of windows while clutching their chests, steer clear. Wolfgang Liebeneiner plays the officer, and honestly, he looks like he's carrying the weight of the entire Prussian military on his shoulders. Or maybe he just forgot his lines. It is hard to tell sometimes. T..."
Arthur Schnitzler, André Doderet
France
