Granstein
1965 · 13 min · ★ 4.5 · Documentary
Between Dorothy Lange and Walker Evans, a realistic and sensitive snapshot of the 1965 rural world in the South of West Germany.
Directed by Christian Doermer · Written by Christian Doermer
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★ 8.31966
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★ 7.81957
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★ 7.81957
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★ 7.52001
MovieDrama
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★ 7.11967
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★ 7.01986
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★ 6.71962
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★ 6.71957
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Das Riesenrad · 1961Das Riesenrad
★ 6.71961
MovieDrama
The story of a marriage over time, based on a play by Jan de Hartog. Maria Schell and O. W. Fischer play an aristocratic Austrian couple who meet during the imperial era and experience the first five decades of the 20th century together: temptations and transgressions, world wars, economic crisis, the death of their son in the war. They experience good times and bad times and always remain cheerful, just as the Ferris wheel in Vienna's Prater continues to turn.
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