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The Young Count

1935 · 91 min

A light, playful old-fashioned comedy of disguises and generational clashes, easy to watch and gently amusing.

Directed by
Karel Lamač
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Anny Ondra, Hans Söhnker, Fritz Odemar
Overview
A young woman poses as a boy to ingratiate herself better with her strict aristocratic grandfather and to get him to better accept the new freer ways of the younger generation.

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Directed by
Karel Lamač
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Anny Ondra, Hans Söhnker, Fritz Odemar
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • identity
    • class
    • gender
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour7
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Karel Lamač
    Written by
    Hans H. Zerlett, Dinah Nelken
    Starring
    Anny Ondra, Hans Söhnker, Fritz Odemar, Hans Junkermann, Ernst Behmer, Jakob Tiedtke, Karl Platen, Paul Heidemann
    Cinematography
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    Runtime
    91 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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