If you have a high tolerance for Willy Fritsch’s specific brand of relentless boyishness, Der Tanzstudent is a perfectly fine way to spend eighty minutes. If you find his constant, toothy grinning a bit much, this movie will probably feel like being trapped in a room with a very energetic golden retriever. It’s not a l...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Johannes Guter
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"If you have a high tolerance for Willy Fritsch’s specific brand of relentless boyishness, Der Tanzstudent is a perfectly fine way to spend eighty minutes. If you find his constant, toothy grinning a bit much, this movie will probably feel like being trapped in a room with a very energetic golden retriever. It’s not a lost masterpiece of Weimar cinema, but it’s a decent example of the kind of light, commercial fluff that kept German theaters running when they weren’t showing moody expressionist n..."
Gretel Heller, Martin Proskauer
Germany
