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The Girl from Fano (1941)

The Girl from Fano poster
Original title
Das Mädchen von Fanö
Directed by
Hans Schweikart
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman from the Danish island of Fano becomes involved with a man from the local fishing community. Their relationship develops against the backdrop of the island's rugged coastal life.

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What happens

The Girl from Fano (German: Das Mädchen von Fanö) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Gustav Knuth. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around Hiddensee. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudolf Pfenninger and Ludwig Reiber. The film is based on a novel by Günther Weisenborn and is set amongst the fishing community of the Danish island of Fanø. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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