Second Hand Destiny (1949)

Original title

Schicksal aus zweiter Hand

Directed by

Wolfgang Staudte

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man's life is upended when a dark secret from his past comes back to haunt him. He becomes entangled in a web of deceit and danger that forces him to confront his own choices.

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What happens

Second Hand Destiny (German: Schicksal aus zweiter Hand) is a 1949 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Erich Ponto, Heinz Klevenow and Marianne Hoppe. It is sometimes considered a film noir. At the time the director Staudte was mostly known for his work for the East German studio DEFA. It was made between May and July 1949 at the Wandsbek Studios of the Hamburg-based company Real Film. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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