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Das Donkosakenlied (1930)

Das Donkosakenlied poster
Directed by
Georg Asagaroff
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Weimar Republic
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent German drama from 1930 based on a Russian folk song. It follows characters caught in loss and longing for a home they can't return to.

melancholicnostalgicslow-pacedsomberatmosphericsentimentalquiet

What happens

Das Donkosakenlied (Untertitel Verlorene Heimat) ist ein deutscher Spielfilm, dem das russische Volkslied Die zwölf Räuber zugrunde liegt. Er kam als Stummfilm am 14. Januar 1930 im Mozartsaal in Berlin zur Uraufführung, und hatte seine Premiere als nachträglich mit Musik unterlegte Fassung am 15. Februar 1930. Regie führte Georg Asagaroff, Hans Adalbert Schlettow und Lien Deyers spielen die Hauptrollen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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