Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

If I Were Free (1933)

If I Were Free poster
Directed by
Elliott Nugent
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 06m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a troubled marriage reconnects with an old flame who is also unhappily married. They must decide whether to pursue their feelings or stay with their spouses.

melancholicromanticbittersweetslow-pacedemotionalrestrainedyearningelegiac

What happens

If I Were Free is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Elliott Nugent and written by Dwight Taylor, based on the play, Behold, We Live by John Van Druten. The film stars Irene Dunne, Clive Brook, Nils Asther and Henry Stephenson. The film was released on December 1, 1933, by RKO Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?