The French language version of Sehnsucht 202 (1932)..
Is it worth your time? If you like movies that feel like they were filmed in a drafty theater while someone was still inventing how to record sound, you might find something here. It is definitely not for anyone who needs, you know, a fast pace or actual stakes. If you prefer your history lessons via 1930s French farce...
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"Is it worth your time? If you like movies that feel like they were filmed in a drafty theater while someone was still inventing how to record sound, you might find something here. It is definitely not for anyone who needs, you know, a fast pace or actual stakes. If you prefer your history lessons via 1930s French farce, you'll be fine. Everyone else? You’ll probably be checking your watch by the ten-minute mark. It’s the French version of Sehnsucht 202, and honestly, you can tell. There’s that ..."
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Irma von Cube, Serge Veber, Emeric Pressburger, Karl Farkas, Fred Ellis
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