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Parisiennes

1928 · 138 min

A slow, elegant silent drama of tangled affections, watched with quiet patience as glances and gestures carry the weight.

Directed by
Gustaf Molander
Genres
Drama
Starring
Margit Manstad, Ruth Weyher, Alexander Murski
Overview
A house in Paris happens to have two families living there with the same last name. In one apartment lives opera singer Gambetta Duval with his two daughters, Jeanne and Nita. In the second apartment lives old lady Duval with her grandchild Philippa and an her lodger, the physician Leon Monnier. Jeanne is secretly in love with Dr. Monnier who is secretly in love with Nita, who is secretly having an affair with the great playwright Armand de Marny.

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Directed by
Gustaf Molander
Genres
Drama
Starring
Margit Manstad, Ruth Weyher, Alexander Murski
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • family
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance6
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Gustaf Molander
    Written by
    Paul Merzbach
    Starring
    Margit Manstad, Ruth Weyher, Alexander Murski, Fred Louis Lerch, Miles Mander, Margita Alfvén, Karin Swanström, Norah Baring
    Cinematography
    Julius Jaenzon
    Runtime
    138 min
    Country
    Germany, Sweden
    Languages
    No Language

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