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The Eternal Mask (1935)

The Eternal Mask poster
Original title
Die ewige Maske
Directed by
Werner Hochbaum
Genre
drama film
Country
Austria, Switzerland
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man struggles with the weight of a hidden identity in a small community. The story follows his internal conflict as he faces moral choices that threaten to expose a painful secret.

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What happens

The Eternal Mask (German: Die ewige Maske) is a 1935 Austrian-Swiss drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Peter Petersen, Mathias Wieman and Franz Schafheitlin. The film was amongst the best ten foreign films of the year judged by the 1937 American National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. It also ran in competition at the 3rd Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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