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Steibruch

1942 · 99 min

A quiet, heavy character study that settles over you slowly, cold and unyielding as stone, with little warmth to offer.

Directed by
Sigfrit Steiner
Genres
Drama
Starring
Heinrich Gretler, Maria Schell, Adolf Manz
Overview
A man in his fifties returns from America to his native village. Everyone knows that in the New World he served a lengthy prison sentence for manslaughter. He retreats to an isolated quarry in the woods he inherited. There he lives like a hermit, gruffly disencouraging anyone to come near the place.

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Directed by
Sigfrit Steiner
Genres
Drama
Starring
Heinrich Gretler, Maria Schell, Adolf Manz
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • identity
  • redemption
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Sigfrit Steiner
Written by
Albert Jakob Welti, Sigfrit Steiner, Horst Budjuhn
Starring
Heinrich Gretler, Maria Schell, Adolf Manz, Gertrud Maria Müller, Willy Frey, Max Haufler, Sigfrit Steiner
Runtime
99 min
Country
Switzerland
Languages
German

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