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The Black Robe (1944)

The Black Robe poster
Original title
Die schwarze Robe
Directed by
Fritz Peter Buch
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman and two men become entangled in personal conflicts set against a historical backdrop. Their relationships are tested by duty and desire.

somberrestrainedhistoricalglumseriousformalintimate

What happens

The Black Robe (German: Die schwarze Robe) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Lotte Koch, Richard Häussler, and Kirsten Heiberg. It was shot at the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam and the Filmstad in The Hague, both in the German-occupied Netherlands. location filming took place around Börnicke Castle and Strausberg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hermann Asmus and Herbert Nitzschke. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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