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I'm Waiting for You

1952 · 94 min

A quiet, earnest melodrama of shame and secrecy, carrying a steady ache of longing and social pressure.

Directed by
Volker von Collande
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hanna Rucker, Anne-Marie Blanc, Volker von Collande
Overview
A teenage girl is stranded by a storm on a small North Sea island, where she and a young teacher fall in love and conceive a child. Back on the mainland, with help from her aunt and a family doctor, she gives birth and returns to finish school, unaware that the teacher has become her colleague and is now engaged. Faced with social stigma and personal conflict, she conceals her motherhood until the truth emerges, leading both to acknowledge their relationship and their child.

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Directed by
Volker von Collande
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hanna Rucker, Anne-Marie Blanc, Volker von Collande
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • family
  • parenthood
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Starring
Hanna Rucker, Anne-Marie Blanc, Volker von Collande, Käthe Haack, Ida Wüst, Hubert von Meyerinck, Joachim Brennecke, Willy Maertens
Runtime
94 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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