Restless Hearts (1928)

Original title

Herzen ohne Ziel

Directed by

Benito Perojo, Gustav Ucicky

Genre

silent film

Country

Germany

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A silent film from 1928 about people with restless hearts who lack direction. It follows relationships and struggles between Spanish and German characters. The story is based on a novel by Pedro Mata.

romanticmelodramaticdatedsentimentalsubduedquietrestrainedslightly tense

What happens

Restless Hearts (German: Herzen ohne Ziel, Spanish: Corazones sin rumbo) is a 1928 German-Spanish silent film directed by Benito Perojo and Gustav Ucicky and starring Betty Bird, Hanna Ralph and Livio Pavanelli. The film was a co-production between a Spanish company and the German studio Bavaria Film. The Argentine actress Imperio Argentina was cast after winning a competition staged by the film's producers. The film was based on a novel by Pedro Mata. Art direction was by Ludwig Reiber. On its release the film was attacked by Spanish critics who felt that the Spanish actors had been relegated to lesser roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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