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Lost Child 312

1955 · 95 min

A quietly wrenching postwar melodrama about a mother's buried past resurfacing and straining her comfortable new life.

Overview: Ursula Gothe is the mother of a son, husband Richard is to be promoted soon. Her orderly life in the pretty villa gets out of joint when Ursula discovers a girl's newspaper ad. Is "Suchkind 312" her illegitimate daughter Martina, whom she had lost while fleeing from the East?
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, identity, betrayal
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
identity
betrayal
parenthood
Places: home
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild