The Condemned (1975)

Original title

Totstellen

Directed by

Axel Corti

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Austria

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a farm laborer's son who becomes a construction worker and builds a house. It looks at his life and work in rural and industrial settings.

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What happens

The Condemned (German: Totstellen – Der Sohn eines Landarbeiters wird Bauarbeiter und baut sich ein Haus) is a 1975 Austrian-West German drama film directed by Axel Corti. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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