The Duty to Live (1919)

Original title

Die Pflicht zu leben

Directed by

Carl Wilhelm

Country

Germany

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A German silent film from 1919. It follows characters grappling with personal obligations in a bleak post-war setting. The story centers on difficult choices about life and responsibility.

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What happens

The Duty to Live (German: Die Pflicht zu leben) is a 1919 German silent film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Magnus Stifter, Margarete Schön, Reinhold Schünzel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.