The Sinful Village (1940)

Original title

Das sündige Dorf

Directed by

Joe Stöckel

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A village comedy based on a play. It follows the humorous entanglements of local characters in a small German town.

lightheartedplayfulgentlewhimsicaleasygoingcheerfulrural

What happens

The Sinful Village (German: Das sündige Dorf) is a 1940 German comedy film directed by Joe Stöckel and starring Stöckel, Elise Aulinger and Georg Bauer. It is based on the play Das sündige Dorf by Max Neal. A remake was produced in 1954 with Stöckel reprising his role. Another version was released in 1966. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Samerberg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudolf Pfenninger and Ludwig Reiber. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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