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Roses in Autumn (1955)

Roses in Autumn poster
Original title
Rosen im Herbst
Directed by
Rudolf Jugert
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
12
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in 19th century Germany enters a marriage with an older, duty-bound aristocrat. She begins a secret affair that eventually leads to scandal and social ruin.

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What happens

Roses in Autumn (German: Rosen im Herbst) is a 1955 West German historical drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Bernhard Wicki, Carl Raddatz and Lil Dagover. It is based on the 1894 novel Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane. It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag and Hans Kutzner. Location shooting took place around Göttingen in Lower Saxony and the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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