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Dreaming Lips (1953)

Dreaming Lips poster
Original title
Der träumende Mund
Directed by
Josef von Báky
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a troubled marriage falls for a charming musician. Her affair leads to personal conflict and painful choices.

romanticmelancholicyearningbittersweetemotionally intensedramaticnostalgic

What happens

Dreaming Lips (German: Der träumende Mund) is a 1953 German drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Maria Schell, O. W. Fischer and Philip Dorn. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios and on location around Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Peter Röhrig. It is a remake of the 1932 film Dreaming Lips by Paul Czinner. Czinner had also remade the film in Britain in 1937. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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