While proceeding to the seat of war with his young wife, an Italian officer meets an old lover and once again falls to her charms. The ship is wrecked and the three, unknown at first to each other, are saved.
If you're looking for a breezy Saturday night watch, 'S.O.S. Schiff in Not' probably isn't it. This old German melodrama, stuffed with love triangles and shipwrecks, is definitely one for the silent film purists or those with a real soft spot for early 20th-century drama. Everyone else might find its pacing a bit, well...
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"If you're looking for a breezy Saturday night watch, 'S.O.S. Schiff in Not' probably isn't it. This old German melodrama, stuffed with love triangles and shipwrecks, is definitely one for the silent film purists or those with a real soft spot for early 20th-century drama. Everyone else might find its pacing a bit, well, deliberate. So, the gist: an Italian officer, off to war with his new bride, bumps into an old flame. And wouldn't you know it, he falls right back into her arms. Like, almost i..."
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