Eyes of Love (1951)

Original title

Augen der Liebe

Directed by

Alfred Braun

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman and a man fall in love in Germany during World War II. Their relationship is affected by the war and by health problems. The film was shot years before its release and many of its actors had died by the time it came out.

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What happens

Eyes of Love (German: Augen der Liebe) is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Käthe Gold, René Deltgen and Paul Wegener, in his last film three years after his death. The screenplay was written by the director Veit Harlan. Harlan developed the project, but then turned over direction to his friend Braun. The film was a wartime production, which began shooting in 1942 and was completed in 1944. Planned for a 1945 release, it was blocked by Joseph Goebbels who found the quality poor and disliked the fact that much of it was set in hospitals. It was eventually given a belated post-war release in 1951. By the time it was released, several of its cast members had died. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Alfred Tolle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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