Die verliebte Firma was Max Ophüls' first feature film. The story follows a movie crew who is filming a musical in a small and idyllic alpine village.
Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for early German sound films or just want to see how a legendary director started, then yeah, put it on. If you need tight pacing or a story that doesn't feel like it’s being held together by duct tape, maybe skip it. It’s for the curious types, really. It’s wild thinking thi...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Max Ophüls
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for early German sound films or just want to see how a legendary director started, then yeah, put it on. If you need tight pacing or a story that doesn't feel like it’s being held together by duct tape, maybe skip it. It’s for the curious types, really. It’s wild thinking this is the same guy who later made things like The Divorcee feel like such polished gems. Here, you can almost see Ophüls sweating a bit behind the camera. He’s trying to juggle the ..."
Fritz Zeckendorf, Ernst Marischka, Bruno Granichstaedten
Germany
1931 · IMDb 7.5
