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My Pal, Wolf

1944 · 75 min

A gentle, old-fashioned tearjerker about a lonely girl and a dog, sweet but tinged with sadness.

Overview
A lonely child, neglected by her parents, encounters and befriends a German Shepherd, but she's unaware the animal is a military dog being trained for service in WW2.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loneliness
  • friendship
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
Alfred L. Werker
Written by
John Paxton, Lillie Hayward, Leonard Praskins
Starring
Sharyn Moffett, Jill Esmond, Una O'Connor, George Cleveland, Charles Arnt, Claire Carleton, Leona Maricle, Bruce Edwards
Music
Werner R. Heymann
Cinematography
Jack MacKenzie
Runtime
75 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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