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The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)

The Postmaster's Daughter poster
Original title
Nostalgie
Directed by
Victor Tourjansky
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A postmaster in rural France sees his beloved daughter leave with a young officer. The film follows his quiet longing and the changes time brings to their relationship.

melancholicperiod-pieceslow-burntragicromanticpoignantdown-to-earthbittersweet

What happens

The Postmaster's Daughter (French: Nostalgie) is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Harry Baur, Janine Crispin and George Rigaud. It is an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's 1831 short story The Stationmaster. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Serge Piménoff and Georges Wakhévitch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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