Underplayed Gems

The Blue Danube (1940)

The Blue Danube poster
Original title
Le Danube bleu
Directed by
Emil-Edwin Reinert
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A romantic drama set along the Danube river. Two people are caught in a love triangle that leads to heartbreak and tragedy.

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What happens

The Blue Danube (French: Le Danube bleu) is a 1940 French drama film directed by Emil E. Reinert and Alfred Rode and starring Madeleine Sologne, José Noguéro and Marguerite Moreno. The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. Rode had produced a previous version of the film featuring Conchita Montenegro and Thomy Bourdelle but the negative of this was damaged during a March 1939 fire at the LTC laboratories in Paris and had to be re-shot with a different cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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