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Have Sunshine in Your Heart

1953 · 88 min

A gentle, sunlit Alpine tale of grumpy seclusion disturbed by cheerful children, pleasant and undemanding.

Directed by
Erich Waschneck
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carl Wery, Liselotte Pulver, Otto Gebühr
Overview
On a mountain lake, in the picturesque Alps in the Salzburg region, the old, rich grumble has retired to his country house and actually only wants to live in peace and seclusion. Soon the longed-for peace will be over, because in the immediate vicinity a home for little-wealthy holiday children will be opened in an empty house, which will be headed by the cheerful and optimistic teacher Miss Helm.

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Directed by
Erich Waschneck
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carl Wery, Liselotte Pulver, Otto Gebühr
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • found family
    • class
    • family
    Places
    • countryside
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    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
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour4
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Erich Waschneck
    Written by
    Erna Fentsch, Walter Lieck, Fritz Eichler
    Starring
    Carl Wery, Liselotte Pulver, Otto Gebühr, Tilo von Berlepsch, Urs Hess, Wolfgang Condrus, Sieghard Henrici, Migg Hess
    Cinematography
    Otto Baecker
    Runtime
    88 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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