By a Silken Thread (1938)

Original title

Am seidenen Faden

Directed by

Robert A. Stemmle

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A German drama from 1938 that follows a conflict involving Jewish capitalists, presented as a cautionary tale. The story was produced to align with the Nazi regime's racial ideology.

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What happens

By a Silken Thread (German: Am seidenen Faden) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Willy Fritsch, Carl Kuhlmann and Käthe von Nagy. The film was intended to be an exposure of "crooked Jewish capitalists" in line with Nazi racial policy of the era. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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