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The Secret of the Mountain Lake (1952)

The Secret of the Mountain Lake poster
Original title
Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee
Directed by
Jean Dréville
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman returns to her family's remote mountain village after many years away. She must confront old secrets and unresolved feelings from her past.

melancholicslow-burnvisually lushlonelyatmosphericnostalgicbittersweetcontemplative

What happens

The Secret of the Mountain Lake (German: Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee) is a 1952 drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harriet Geßner, Lil Dagover and Fredy Scheim. It was made as a co-production between France, Switzerland and West Germany. A separate French-language film, The Girl with the Whip, was also released. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Verbier, Saas-Fee and the Forest of Fontainebleau. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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