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The Story of a Maid (1921)

The Story of a Maid poster
Original title
Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens
Directed by
Reinhold Schünzel
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Germany, Austria
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman works as a maid. The story follows her life and experiences in early 1920s Vienna.

old-fashionedquietseriousstraightforwardhistorically distantrestrainedunadorned

What happens

The Story of a Maid (German: Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens) is a 1921 Austrian-German silent drama film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Liane Haid, Otto Tressler and Erika Glässner. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Machus and Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. It was shot in Vienna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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