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The Condemned of Altona

1962 · 103 min

A heavy, claustrophobic family reckoning with buried guilt, unfolding slowly through talk and revelation toward a tragic end.

Tagline: A Motion Picture As Unusual As The Roles of Its Academy Award Winning Stars!
Overview: A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the daughter-in-law stumbles upon a secret of the family's Nazi past.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Guilt, family, betrayal, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
family
betrayal
power
redemption
Places: single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild