The Saint and Her Fool (1957)

Original title

Die Heilige und ihr Narr

Directed by

Gustav Ucicky

Genre

drama film

Country

Austria

Rated

16

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A nobleman falls in love with a simple country girl. Their relationship faces obstacles from their different social classes.

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What happens

The Saint and Her Fool (German: Die Heilige und ihr Narr) is a 1957 Austrian drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Gudula Blau and Hertha Feiler. It was based on the novel of the same title by Agnes Günther. Two previous film versions had been made, a silent film in 1928 and a sound film in 1935. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Isabella Schlichting and Werner Schlichting. It was shot using Agfacolor. It was made with backing from the West German distributor Gloria Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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