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Director: Max Ophüls
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From Time Out Film Guide
'What is eternity?' a young girl asks her soldier lover. What indeed? As in Ophüls' Lola Montès, La Ronde and Madame de... this early German melodrama - which treats the passionate, whirlwind love affair between a young lieutenant and a shy sensitive fräulein - acknowledges both the liberating joy of love and its sad transience. For humans are never entirely free of their past, and young Fritz has a skeleton in his closet that makes a mockery of the pair's vows of undying love. Most similar to Madame de..., the film may be a little slow and ragged at times, but its final emotional power is undeniably immense.Author: EA
Cast & crew
Director: Max Ophüls
Producer: Fred Lissa
Cast: Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Magda Schneider, Luise Ullrich, Willy Eichberger, Paul Hörbiger, Gustaf Gründgens full cast
Duration: 85 mins
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