The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)
- Original title
- Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna
- Directed by
- Hanns Schwarz
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 10 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.
How it feels
A woman in a glamorous but lonely life tells lies that lead to a romantic affair. Her deception has serious consequences for everyone involved.
melodramaticromanticglamoroussadintimatesilent-erasweeping
What happens
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (German: Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna) is a 1929 German sound drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer and Warwick Ward. While there is no audible dialogue in the film, the soundtrack features a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with a theme song. It was the last big-budget film without dialogue released by the leading German studio Universum Film AG before the transition to sound began with Melody of the Heart. The film premiered on 15 April 1929 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. It was amongst the most popular films released in Germany that year. A sound version was prepared for English speaking audiences. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with a theme song. The film was remade in France in 1937 as The Lie of Nina Petrovna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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