Underplayed Gems

The City of a Thousand Delights (1927)

The City of a Thousand Delights poster
Original title
Die Stadt der tausend Freuden
Directed by
Carmine Gallone
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A silent drama about a man pursuing pleasure and love in a bustling city. Based on a novel from the early 1900s, the story follows characters caught between desire and consequence.

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What happens

The City of a Thousand Delights (German: Die Stadt der tausend Freuden) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Paul Richter, Adele Sandrock and Langhorn Burton. It is based on the 1907 novel The City of Pleasure by the British writer Arnold Bennett. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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