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A Girl Goes Ashore (1938)

A Girl Goes Ashore poster
Original title
Ein Mädchen geht an Land
Directed by
Werner Hochbaum
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman arrives in Hamburg and must find her way in the port city. The story follows her experiences with the people and life there.

moderate-pacedearthygroundedlocalearnestmatter-of-factstraightforward

What happens

A Girl Goes Ashore (German: Ein Mädchen geht an Land) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Günther Lüders and Heidi Kabel. It is set in the port city of Hamburg and was partly shot on location there. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin as well as in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Haacker and Willy Schiller. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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