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Play Around a Man (1929)

Play Around a Man poster
Original title
Spiel um den Mann
Directed by
Robert Land
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman becomes the focus of romantic competition between several men. The film follows the complicated relationships and misunderstandings that arise.

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What happens

Play Around a Man (German: Spiel um den Mann) is a 1929 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Liane Haid, Anna Kallina, and Fred Louis Lerch. It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edgar G. Ulmer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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