Cradle Song (1933)
- Directed by
- Mitchell Leisen
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of nuns in a Spanish convent raise a baby girl left at their doorstep. The story follows her growth into a young woman who must decide between the religious life she was raised in and the outside world.
gentlepoignantintimateslow-pacedemotionalquiettendernostalgic
What happens
Cradle Song is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen in his directorial debut, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Dorothea Wieck and Evelyn Venable. It is one of several films based on the 1911 Spanish play Canción de cuna by María and Gregorio Martínez Sierra. The play was translated into English in the 1920s by John Garrett Underhill. Cradle Song was Dorothea Wieck's first American film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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