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The Wandering Light (1916)

The Wandering Light poster
Original title
Das wandernde Licht
Directed by
Robert Wiene
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 12m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A count marries a woman who comes to wrongly believe that he is mad. The story follows their relationship as misunderstanding takes hold.

melancholicslow-burnatmospherictensesomberintimatepsychologicalquiet

What happens

The Wandering Light (German: Das wandernde Licht) is a 1916 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Henny Porten, Bruno Decarli and Theodor Becker. It was based on a short story by Ernst von Wildenbruch. A Count marries a woman who come to wrongly believe that he is mad. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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