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1932 · 77 mins · German
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Directed by
Max Ophüls
Starring
Max Schreck, Paul Kemp, Beppo Brem, Jarmila Novotná, Lothar Körner, Karl Valentin

In 19th‑century Bohemia, Hans, a stage‑coach driver, loves the mayor’s daughter Marie. She is betrothed to Wenzel, a wealthy farmer’s son, but she refuses him because of Hans. When Wenzel admits he loves a circus director’s daughter, the matchmaker pays Hans to step aside. Hans accepts, yet Marie, hearing of the payment, turns away from him.

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