The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935)

Original title

Das Mädchen vom Moorhof

Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a poor marshland family is accused of theft and becomes entangled in a scandal that threatens her reputation and future. She must navigate the harsh judgment of her rural community and find a way to clear her name while holding onto hope for love and redemption.

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What happens

The Girl from the Marsh Croft (German: Das Mädchen vom Moorhof) is a 1935 German drama film directed by Detlef Sierck and starring Hansi Knoteck, Ellen Frank and Eduard von Winterstein. It was adapted from the 1908 novel The Girl from the Marsh Croft by Nobel Prize winning Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. It has been described as a "prototype Heimatfilm. It was remade in 1958. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carl Ludwig Kirmse. Location shooting took place on the Teufelsmoor north of Bremen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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