The Stranger (1931)

Original title

Die Fremde

Directed by

Fred Sauer

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stranger arrives in a small community and their presence stirs up old tensions and hidden feelings. The film follows the interactions and shifting relationships among the local residents as they react to this outsider.

melancholicslow-burnsomberrestrainedvisually starkquietintrospectivebittersweet

What happens

The Stranger (German: Die Fremde) is a 1931 French-German drama film directed by Fred Sauer and starring Gerda Maurus, Peter Voß and Harry Hardt. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lazare Meerson. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. It was made as a Multiple-language version with separate versions also produced in French (The Foreigner) and Italian. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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