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The Girl Irene (1936)

The Girl Irene poster
Original title
Das Mädchen Irene
Directed by
Reinhold Schünzel
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
0
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A widowed mother from a middle class family falls in love. Her daughter becomes jealous, which causes conflict between them.

dramaticemotionalromantic-tensionjealousyfamily-centeredslow-pacedsentimentalclassic

What happens

The Girl Irene (German: Das Mädchen Irene) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Lil Dagover, Sabine Peters and Geraldine Katt. It is based on the British play Sixteen by Aimée Stuart about the widowed mother of a middle class family who falls in love, provoking the jealousy of her daughter. It was shot at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios of UFA in Berlin with location shooting taking place in London, Monte Carlo and Paris as well as around the German capital. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Reiber and Walter Reimann. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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