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Beloved Life (1953)

Beloved Life poster
Original title
Geliebtes Leben
Directed by
Rolf Thiele
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman recalls her life with her husband from before World War I until his return from a prisoner of war camp in 1947.

melancholicnostalgicreflectiveromanticslow-burnbitter-sweetintimatehistorical

What happens

Beloved Life (German: Geliebtes Leben) is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Carl Raddatz and Albert Lieven. Following her husband's release from a prisoner of war camp in 1947, a woman remembers their lives together since the pre-First World War era. It was made at the Göttingen Studios and on location in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by Walter Haag and Erich Kutzner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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