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Modern Wives (1932)

Modern Wives poster
Original title
Modärna fruar
Directed by
Edvin Adolphson
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
15
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three married women in 1930s Sweden deal with tensions in their relationships. The film follows their separate lives and emotional struggles.

melodramaticdatedromanticformaldomesticslow-pacedrestrained

What happens

Modern Wives (Swedish: Modärna fruar) is a 1932 Swedish drama film directed by Edvin Adolphson and starring Ivar Kåge, Margit Manstad and Elsa Carlsson. It was shot at the Valby Studios of Nordisk Film in Copenhagen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Christian Hansen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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