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The Lost Shoe (1923)

The Lost Shoe poster
Original title
Der verlorene Schuh
Directed by
Ludwig Berger
Genre
fantasy film, silent film, children's film
Country
Weimar Republic
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman loses her shoe at a royal ball. A prince uses it to search for her across the land.

whimsicalromanticgentledreamlikelightheartedold-fashionedenchantedquiet

What happens

The Lost Shoe (German: Der verlorene Schuh) is a 1923 German silent fantasy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Helga Thomas, Paul Hartmann and Mady Christians. Its plot is loosely based on that of Cinderella. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rudolf Bamberger. The film premiered on 5 December 1923 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. It was produced by Decla-Bioscop which was by then part of the large UFA conglomerate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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