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Purity of Heart (1980)

Purity of Heart poster
Original title
Die Reinheit des Herzens
Directed by
Robert van Ackeren
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A well-ordered middle-class couple in Germany navigate their half-intellectual lives. The film observes their routines and interactions with a gently ironic tone.

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What happens

Die Reinheit des Herzens ist ein 1979 entstandener deutscher Spielfilm von Robert van Ackeren mit Matthias Habich und Elisabeth Trissenaar als wohlgeordnetes, halbintellektuelles Mittelstandspaar in den Hauptrollen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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