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Licht und Finsternis (1917)

Licht und Finsternis poster
Directed by
Fritz Freisler
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Austria–Hungary, Austria
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent film from 1917 set in Austria. It follows a blind woman whose love story is complicated by her disability. The story is told in a dramatic and sentimental style typical of early cinema.

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What happens

Licht und Finsternis, auch bekannt unter dem Titel Die Liebe einer Blinden, ist ein österreichisches Stummfilmmelodram aus dem Jahre 1917 mit Magda Sonja in einer ihrer ersten Kinorollen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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