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The Brutes (1967)

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Original title
Mädchen Mädchen
Directed by
Roger Fritz
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
18
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of young women navigate their lives in postwar West Germany. The film shows their struggles with societal expectations and personal desires against the backdrop of the economic boom.

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What happens

Girls, Girls (German: Mädchen, Mädchen) is a 1967 West German drama film directed by Roger Fritz and starring Helga Anders, Jürgen Jung and Hellmut Lange. The film's sets were designed by the art director Evgeniy Chernyaev. It was part of the New German Cinema movement and was critical of the postwar economic miracle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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