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Clavigo (1970)

Clavigo poster
Directed by
Marcel Ophuls
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
2h 08m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is torn between love and ambition in 18th century Spain. The film is based on a play by Goethe and follows the title character as he makes choices that affect those around him.

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What happens

Clavigo is a West German 1970s television movie directed by Marcel Ophüls, based on the 1774 play Clavigo by Goethe. It is the film version of a play staged and directed by Fritz Kortner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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