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Annelie

1941 · 170 min

A long, gently comic life story that ambles through decades of small twists of fate with old-fashioned warmth.

Directed by
Josef von Báky
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Luise Ullrich, Werner Krauss, Käthe Haack
Overview
On New Year′s Eve 1871 Annelie is born – 15 minutes too late, since her parents had calculated her birth to be exactly at midnight. These 15 minutes will again and again become the girl′s fate.

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Directed by
Josef von Báky
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Luise Ullrich, Werner Krauss, Käthe Haack
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • fate
    • love
    • family
    • identity
    • aging
    Places
    • small town
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    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
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism7
    Romance6
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    romance, comedy, drama, history
    Directed by
    Josef von Báky
    Written by
    Thea von Harbou
    Starring
    Luise Ullrich, Werner Krauss, Käthe Haack, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Albert Hehn, Axel von Ambesser, Ilse Fürstenberg, Eduard von Winterstein
    Music
    Georg Haentzschel
    Cinematography
    Werner Krien
    Runtime
    170 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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