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Desires (1952)

Desires poster
Original title
Das letzte Rezept
Directed by
Rolf Hansen
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman and a man are caught in a web of desires and moral choices. The story unfolds around a prescription that has far reaching consequences. It was filmed partly at the Salzburg Festival.

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What happens

Desires or The Last Prescription (German: Das Letzte Rezept) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Heidemarie Hatheyer, O.W. Fischer, Sybil Werden and René Deltgen. The film is based on a play of the same title by Otto Eis and Egon Eis, written under the pen name of Thomas B. Foster. It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios and on location at the Salzburg Festival in Austria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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