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Island of the Dead (1955)

Island of the Dead poster
Original title
Die Toteninsel
Directed by
Victor Tourjansky
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man travels to a remote island where the dead are buried. He confronts his own mortality and the choices he made in life.

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What happens

Island of the Dead (German: Die Toteninsel) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Willy Birgel, Inge Egger and Folke Sundquist. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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