The Red Needle (1951)

Original title

L'aiguille rouge

Directed by

Emil-Edwin Reinert

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man travels through the Bavarian Alps and recalls a past love affair. The film follows his memories and the emotional weight of choices made years before.

melancholicslow-burnvisually lushnostalgicreflectivebittersweetromanticdreamlike

What happens

The Red Needle (French: L'aiguille rouge, German: Verträumte Tage) is a 1951 French-West German drama film directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert and starring Michel Auclair, Michèle Philippe and Jean Marchat. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. The film was partly shot on location in Mittenwald and the Bavarian Alps. It was based on a story by Vicki Baum. A separate German version, Dreaming Days, was made with a different cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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