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The Song of Life (1931) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1931 · 65 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Alexis Granowsky
- Starring
- Elsa Wagner, Ernst Busch, Harald Paulsen, Leo Monosson, Aribert Mog, Margot Ferra
A Brechtian musical follows a young woman who flees her decaying noble fiancé and marries a sailor, illustrating the difficulty of translating a stage show to film. The production abandons surrealistic set design in favor of cinematic tricks—multiple exposures, undercranking, distorted angles and lenses. The effort is inventive but never fully succeeds.
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