A Modern Hero (1934)
- Directed by
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man rises from poverty to wealth and success. He pursues romance and ambition, but his choices lead to complications and emotional struggles.
romanticdramaticmelancholicfast-pacedaspiringturbulentreflective
What happens
A Modern Hero is a 1934 American pre-Code romance drama film starring Richard Barthelmess and directed by G. W. Pabst. It is based on the novel with the same title by Louis Bromfield. It was Pabst's only American talking film and the next-to-last film that Barthelmess made under contract to Warner Bros. Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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