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Die goldene Stadt (1942)

Die goldene Stadt poster
Directed by
Veit Harlan
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
16
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a small village longs for the excitement of a big city. She leaves her home and family behind, leading to a series of devastating events.

emotionally intensemelancholicvisually lushtragicromanticslow-burnclaustrophobicyearning

What happens

The Golden City (German: Die goldene Stadt), is a 1942 German color film directed by Veit Harlan, starring Kristina Söderbaum, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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