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The Ironmaster (1933)

The Ironmaster poster
Original title
Le Maître de forges
Directed by
Fernand Rivers, Abel Gance
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy ironmaster falls in love with a woman who is forced into a marriage of convenience. The story follows their complicated relationship and the social pressures of the time.

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What happens

The Ironmaster (French: Le Maître de forges) is a 1933 French drama film scripted and supervised by Abel Gance, and directed by Fernand Rivers. It is a remake of the 1912 film Le Maître de forges. In 1948 Rivers himself remade the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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