Der Läufer von Marathon Review: Sweat, Suits, and Thea von Harbou
If you like dusty European sports dramas where people sweat in heavy wool trousers, you might get a kick out of Der Läufer von Marathon.
But if you're looking for a smooth, modern athletic thriller, you're going to be bored out of your mind. 🏃♂️
It’s a 1933 German film co-written by Thea von Harbou. Yeah, that Thea...
A dusty, oddly paced 1933 German drama about a marathon runner that spends way more time in stuffy offices than on the actual track.
Review Excerpt
"If you like dusty European sports dramas where people sweat in heavy wool trousers, you might get a kick out of Der Läufer von Marathon.
But if you're looking for a smooth, modern athletic thriller, you're going to be bored out of your mind. 🏃♂️
It’s a 1933 German film co-written by Thea von Harbou. Yeah, that Thea von Harbou who wrote the screenplay for Metropolis.
But don't expect giant robots or sci-fi cities here. This is mostly about running and weird family drama.
The plot feels like..."
