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Flirtation (1927)

Flirtation poster
Original title
Liebelei
Directed by
Luise Fleck
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman and a man from different social worlds fall in love. Their romance is complicated by the man's older lover and the rigid expectations of their society.

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What happens

Flirtation (German: Liebelei) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Fred Louis Lerch, Henry Stuart and Jaro Fürth. It was shot at the Johannisthal and EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacek Rotmil. It was based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler, which was turned into a 1933 sound film Liebelei by Max Ophüls. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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