The Favourite of Schonbrunn (1929)

Original title

The Second Kiss

Directed by

Max Reichmann, Erich Waschneck

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

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

This is a German historical silent film with some sound sequences. It follows a romantic story set in the Austrian imperial court during the 19th century. A young man becomes the favorite of a powerful noblewoman, leading to intrigue and emotional conflict.

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What happens

The Favourite of Schonbrunn (German: Der Günstling von Schönbrunn) is a 1929 German historical film directed by Erich Waschneck and Max Reichmann and starring Iván Petrovich, Lil Dagover and Vera Malinovskaya. It was a part-talkie, with some sequences in sound and others silent. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Czerwonski and Alfred Junge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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