Marie-Louise (1944)

Directed by

Leopold Lindtberg, Franz Schnyder

Genre

drama film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

16

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Second World War, a 12-year-old French girl is sent from her bombed-out home to Switzerland to recover. The film shows her adjustment to a peaceful countryside existence away from the trauma of war.

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What happens

Marie-Louise is a 1944 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and Franz Schnyder and written by Richard Schweizer. Set during the Second World War, it follows a 12-year-old French girl sent to Switzerland to recover from the effects of wartime bombing. In 1946, Schweizer won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film, and Marie-Louise became the first non-English-language film to receive an Oscar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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