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Love and the First Railway (1934)

Love and the First Railway poster
Original title
Die Liebe und die erste Eisenbahn
Directed by
Robert Neppach
Genre
comedy film, historical film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic story about the building of the first railway line between Berlin and Potsdam in 1830s Prussia. It follows the characters involved in this pioneering project.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulnostalgichistoricalromanticcheerful

What happens

Love and the First Railway (German: Die Liebe und die erste Eisenbahn) is a 1934 German historical comedy film directed by Hasso Preiss, produced by Robert Neppach and starring Jakob Tiedtke, Ida Wüst, and Karin Hardt. The plot revolves around the construction of the railway line between Berlin and Potsdam in the 1830s, the first in the Kingdom of Prussia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Guelstorff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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