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The Mistress of Atlantis (1932)

The Mistress of Atlantis poster
Directed by
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film
Country
Germany, France
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

French soldiers in the Sahara desert stumble upon a hidden kingdom ruled by a seductive queen. She traps them in her palace, where they face danger and desire.

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What happens

L'Atlantide (released in English as The Mistress of Atlantis and in German as Die Herrin von Atlantis) is a 1932 German-French adventure and fantasy film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Brigitte Helm. It is based on the novel L'Atlantide by Pierre Benoît, and is a remake of the 1921 film of the same name (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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