The Unknown (1936)

Original title

Die Unbekannte

Directed by

Frank Wisbar

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman with no memory of her past is taken in by a sculptor. She becomes the model for his work, but her mysterious identity draws suspicion from the community.

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What happens

The Unknown (German: Die Unbekannte) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Frank Wisbar and starring Sybille Schmitz, Jean Galland and Ilse Abel. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Benno von Arent and Artur Günther. Location shooting took place around Berlin, Stuttgart and Dinkelsbühl in Bavaria. It was inspired by the Unknown Woman of the Seine and based on a novel by Reinhold Conrad Muschler. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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