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Sacred Lie (1955)

Sacred Lie poster
Original title
Die heilige Lüge
Directed by
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman and her husband become entangled in a web of deception when a secret from the past threatens to tear their marriage apart. The story explores the consequences of a well-intentioned lie.

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What happens

Sacred Lie (German: Die heilige Lüge) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ulla Jacobsson, Karlheinz Böhm and Erwin Strahl. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst Richter and Hans Ledersteger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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