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Silence in the Forest (1976)

Silence in the Forest poster
Original title
Das Schweigen im Walde
Directed by
Alfred Vohrer
Genre
drama film, Heimatfilm, romance film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
6
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman fall in love in a forested German region in an earlier era. Their romance unfolds amid the natural beauty and traditional rural life of the setting.

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What happens

Silence in the Forest (German: Das Schweigen im Walde) is a 1976 West German historical drama film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Alexander Stephan, Belinda Mayne and Evelyn Opela. It is a heimatfilm, one of the last productions in the group of films produced in post-war Germany. It is based on Ludwig Ganghofer's novel of the same title which has been adapted for the screen several times. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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