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The Silent Angel (1954)

The Silent Angel poster
Original title
Der schweigende Engel
Directed by
Harald Reinl
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman keeps a painful secret while living in a small Rhine Valley town. The story follows her quiet struggle with guilt and loneliness.

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What happens

The Silent Angel (German: Der schweigende Engel) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Josefin Kipper, Robert Freitag and Christine Kaufmann. It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse and on location in Kastel and Eltville and Kaub in the Rhine Valley. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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