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The Master of the Estate (1944)

The Master of the Estate poster
Original title
Der Majoratsherr
Directed by
Hans Deppe
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man inherits a grand estate in the countryside. He must navigate family expectations and old romantic entanglements as he decides his future.

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What happens

The Master of the Estate (German: Der Majoratsherr) is a 1943 German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Willy Birgel, Viktoria von Ballasko and Anneliese Uhlig. Location shooting took place in Pomerania, Mecklenburg and Ramsau in the Bavarian Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Gülstorff and Carl Ludwig Kirmse. It is based on the 1895 Swedish novel Der Majoratsherr von Halleborg by Alfred von Hedenstjerna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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