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Dear Homeland (1929)

Dear Homeland poster
Original title
Teure Heimat
Directed by
Carl Wilhelm
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German mechanic thinks about moving to America for a better life, but he falls in love with a local woman and decides to stay in his homeland.

lightheartedwhimsicalcharmingbrisknostalgicgentleromantic

What happens

Dear Homeland (German: Teure Heimat) is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Renate Müller, Jakob Tiedtke and Hans Albers. The film's art direction was by Max Heilbronner. A German mechanic considers emigrating to the United States, but changes his mind when he falls in love with a local woman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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