Underplayed Gems

The Unknown (1936)

The Unknown poster
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
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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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