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The Beaverskin (1949)

The Beaverskin poster
Original title
Die Buntkarierten
Directed by
Kurt Maetzig
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German family faces hardships and moral choices over several decades. The story follows their lives from the early 1900s through the aftermath of World War Two.

dramaticsomberemotionalgroundedrestrainedhumanisticreflective

What happens

Girls in Gingham (German: Die Buntkarierten; literally, The Checkered Ones)—sometimes called Beaverskin—is a 1949 German drama film directed by Kurt Maetzig. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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