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When The Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights (1953)

When The Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights poster
Original title
Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt
Directed by
Rudolf Schündler
Genre
drama film, Heimatfilm
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
12
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple faces obstacles to their romance in a small Black Forest village. The story unfolds against traditional music and rural life on Sunday nights.

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What happens

When The Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights (German: Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt) is a 1953 West German romance film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Rudolf Prack, Ingeborg Körner and Walter Müller. A remake of a 1933 film of the same title, it is a heimatfilm shot in Gevacolor. It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in the Black Forest. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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