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Pygmalion (1935)

Pygmalion poster
Directed by
Erich Engel
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
Nazi Germany, Germany
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A phonetics professor bets he can transform a cockney flower girl into a proper lady. He takes her into his home and teaches her how to speak and act like high society.

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What happens

Pygmalion is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Jenny Jugo, Gustaf Gründgens and Anton Edthofer. It is based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler and Arthur Schwarz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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