The prosperity and career of a Norwegian ship builder who has founded the town's hospital are revealed by an innocent wanderer to have been based on deceit and corruption, in this theatrical adaptation..
Is it worth the time? If you like old movies where secrets come back to haunt people, yeah, it’s worth it. It is especially cool if you want to see what Douglas Sirk was doing before he became the king of Hollywood melodramas. People who like fast action or lots of jokes will probably hate this. It’s a lot of peop...
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Douglas Sirk
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"Is it worth the time? If you like old movies where secrets come back to haunt people, yeah, it’s worth it. It is especially cool if you want to see what Douglas Sirk was doing before he became the king of Hollywood melodramas. People who like fast action or lots of jokes will probably hate this. It’s a lot of people in suits talking in rooms, but the rooms feel like they are closing in on them. I honestly didn't expect to like it as much as I did. Usually, Ibsen plays on screen feel a b..."
Eleonore Tappert
Henrik Ibsen, Karl Peter Gillmann, Georg C. Klaren
Germany
Drama
1934 · IMDb —
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