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The Golden Calf (1924)

The Golden Calf poster
Original title
Das goldene Kalb
Directed by
Peter Paul Brauer, Peter Paul Felner
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1920s Germany, a woman grapples with personal ambition and social pressures in a world of wealth and longing. The story follows her choices as desire and consequence collide.

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What happens

The Golden Calf (German: Das goldene Kalb) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Peter Paul Felner and starring Henny Porten, Olga Engl and Rosa Valetti. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and on location in Dürnstein in Austria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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