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Three Fathers for Anna

1939 · 87 min

A gentle, chatty old-fashioned comedy of small-town gossip and mistaken parentage, pleasant and harmless to pass the time.

Directed by
Carl Boese
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ilse Werner, Hans Stüwe, Theodor Danegger
Overview
A cabaret singer entrusts her illegitimate daughter to a country doctor but doesn't say which of three friends of his is the father. Rumors are spread and relationships are strained until one man admits the truth.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Carl Boese
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ilse Werner, Hans Stüwe, Theodor Danegger
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • deception
  • love
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
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
Humour6
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Carl Boese
Written by
Werner Eplinius, Gustav Kampendonk
Starring
Ilse Werner, Hans Stüwe, Theodor Danegger, Beppo Brem, Josefine Dora, Karl Stepanek, Roma Bahn, Irmgard Hoffmann
Runtime
87 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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