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Poor Lena!

1918 · 47 min

A quiet, old-fashioned melodrama that unfolds gently, asking patience as it lingers on fortune, courtship and the fragile hopes of its characters.

Overview
The dancer Lena Schmidt wins ten thousand mark at the lottery. With the money she leaves for a fashionable resort. Lena meets there the penniless painter Gustav Lindner, who is looking for a rich wife.

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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
    • class
    • love
    • betrayal
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Otto Rippert
    Written by
    Julius Urgiss
    Starring
    Ressel Orla, Guido Herzfeld, Kurt Ehrle, Josefine Dora, Heinrich Peer
    Runtime
    47 min
    Country
    Germany

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