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The Vulture Wally (1921)

The Vulture Wally poster
Original title
Die Geierwally
Directed by
Ewald André Dupont
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
German Reich
Runtime
1h 58m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent German melodrama set in the Alps. It follows a strong-willed young woman who defies her domineering father and faces hostility from her community.

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What happens

The Vulture Wally (German: Die Geierwally) is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Albert Steinrück, Henny Porten and William Dieterle. The film is a bergfilm based on the novel The Vulture Maiden by Wilhelmine von Hillern. It is a melodrama set in the Alps, and was one of Dupont's most successful films of the early 1920s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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