The Song of Life (1931)
- Original title
- Das Lied vom Leben
- Directed by
- Alexis Granowsky
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 56 min
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man and woman navigate life in early 1930s Germany. The film uses avant garde techniques to tell its story and faced censorship from authorities.
experimentalavant-gardecontroversialfragmentedunderstatedunflinchingcerebralmelancholic
What happens
The Song of Life (German: Das Lied vom Leben) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Alexis Granowsky and starring Aribert Mog, Margot Ferra and Elsa Wagner. Location shooting took place around Hamburg and at the Cecilienhaus in Berlin. It was produced in an avant garde style during the latter years of the Weimar Republic. The film proved controversial and was initially banned by the Berlin police. It was only permitted to be shown with significant cuts to its already short running time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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