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The Red Peacock (1921)

The Red Peacock poster
Original title
Arme Violetta
Directed by
Paul L. Stein
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A courtesan sacrifices herself for love in a society that condemns her. It is based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils.

melodramaticmournfulstylizedromanticdatedtragicpaced

What happens

The Red Peacock (German: Arme Violetta) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri and Victor Varconi. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and distributed by UFA. Long thought lost, the film was rediscovered in a New York basement in 2020. The film is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas fils's 1848 novel, La Dame aux Camelias. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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