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Kora Terry

1940 · 109 min

A backstage melodrama of sisterly rivalry and stage ambition, carried by musical numbers and a diva's careless fall.

Directed by
Georg Jacoby
Genres
Drama, Music
Starring
Marika Rökk, Will Quadflieg, Josef Sieber
Overview
When Bartos, the director of the Odeon variety theater, cancels an artist at short notice, he hires the Terrys out of necessity, whose parents were successful variety artists, but who had not yet received an engagement themselves. Both are supported by Tobs, a friend of their parents. While blonde Mara Terry arrives punctually for the first rehearsal, her dark-haired sister Kora is late like a diva and acts aloof and snippy. At their first performance together the next day, Kora is overtired from partying the night before. During a dangerous act in which she has to balance her upside-down sister on her head, she becomes careless...

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Directed by
Georg Jacoby
Genres
Drama, Music
Starring
Marika Rökk, Will Quadflieg, Josef Sieber
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • ambition
    • family
    • identity
    Places
    • workplace
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, music
    Directed by
    Georg Jacoby
    Written by
    Walter Wassermann, Lotte Neumann
    Starring
    Marika Rökk, Will Quadflieg, Josef Sieber, Will Dohm, Hans Leibelt, Ursula Herking, Herbert Hübner, Flockina von Platen
    Cinematography
    Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
    Runtime
    109 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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