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Nur eine Nacht

1950

A quiet, grey-harboured postwar romance that lingers on loneliness and fleeting consolation, tender but heavy with loss.

Directed by
Fritz Kirchhoff
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marianne Hoppe, Hans Söhnker, Arnim Dahl
Overview
Hamburg, shortly after the Second World War. On the Reeperbahn, a former overseas captain, who keeps his head above water as a stoker, meets a desperate and lonely woman whose marriage has been destroyed by the war. Without knowing much about each other, the two seek brief happiness and oblivion in a night of love, are separated by a raid and find each other again - this time for good.

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Directed by
Fritz Kirchhoff
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marianne Hoppe, Hans Söhnker, Arnim Dahl
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loneliness
  • love
  • grief
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Fritz Kirchhoff
Starring
Marianne Hoppe, Hans Söhnker, Arnim Dahl, Walter Scherau, Willy Maertens, Konrad Mayerhoff, Carl Voscherau, Günter Pfitzmann
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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