Strife Over the Boy Jo (1939)

- Original title
- Streit um den Knaben Jo
- Directed by
- Erich Waschneck
- Genre
- fiction film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young boy becomes the center of a dispute between adults. The story follows the conflicts and emotions that arise as different people vie for his care and attention.
melodramaticemotionalsentimentalquietslow-pacedseriouscharacter-drivenfamily-centered
What happens
Streit um den Knaben Jo ist ein deutsches Spielfilmmelodram aus dem Jahre 1937 von Erich Waschneck mit Lil Dagover und Willy Fritsch in den Hauptrollen. Die Titelrolle verkörpert der nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg als Fernsehfilmregisseur bekannt gewordene, damals knapp elfjährige Filmdebütant Eberhard Itzenplitz. Die Geschichte basiert auf einem Illustrierten-Fortsetzungsroman von Hedda Westenberger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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