A family of Polish refugees tries to survive in post-World War I Germany. For a while it seems that they are making it, but soon the economic and political deterioration in the country begins to take their toll.
The Austere Naturalism of a Cinema PioneerIn the twilight of his monumental career, D.W. Griffith pivoted from the gargantuan artifice of his earlier epics toward a startling, almost documentary-like realism with 1924’s Isn't Life Wonderful. Filmed on location in Germany during the actual throes of the Weimar Republic’...
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D.W. Griffith
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"The Austere Naturalism of a Cinema PioneerIn the twilight of his monumental career, D.W. Griffith pivoted from the gargantuan artifice of his earlier epics toward a startling, almost documentary-like realism with 1924’s Isn't Life Wonderful. Filmed on location in Germany during the actual throes of the Weimar Republic’s economic collapse, the film serves as a haunting time capsule. Unlike the high-octane adventure of Michael Strogoff, which relies on the kinetic energy of its source material, Gr..."
D.W. Griffith, Geoffrey Moss
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