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The Heart Must Be Silent (1944)

The Heart Must Be Silent poster
Original title
Das Herz muß schweigen
Directed by
Gustav Ucicky
Genre
drama film
Country
Nazi Germany, Germany
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman must keep her true feelings hidden. The story follows her struggle with love and duty in a time of social restraint.

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What happens

The Heart Must Be Silent (German: Das Herz muß schweigen) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Paula Wessely, Mathias Wieman and Werner Hinz. It was produced by Wien Film in the Austrian capital of Vienna, which had been part of Greater Germany since the Anschluss of 1938. It was given further release by West German distributor Deutsche London Film in 1950. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Otto Niedermoser. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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