I'll Carry You in My Arms (1958)

Original title

Ich werde dich auf Händen tragen

Directed by

Veit Harlan

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

12

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man grieves his first wife while falling for a new woman. Their love is tested by memories from the past.

melancholicromanticbittersweetlovelornatmosphericslow-burnyearningvisually lush

What happens

I'll Carry You in My Arms or I'll Carry You on My Hands (German: Ich werde dich auf Händen tragen) is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Hans Holt and Hans Nielsen. It was based on the novella Viola Tricolor by Theodor Storm, which had previously been made in 1937 as Serenade. It was the final film of Harlan's career. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht. It was shot using Agfacolor at the Pichelberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Florence and Holstein. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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