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Heart's Desire

1935 · 82 min

A gentle old-fashioned operetta charm, with soaring arias and a bittersweet rise-to-fame story that coasts on warmth rather than tension.

Overview: Richard Tauber, the great Austrian tenor, features in the story of a singing peasant from a Vienna beer-garden who conquers London, but at a cost...
How it feels: Romantic, melancholic, earnest and warm. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Ambition, love, class, identity
Content: Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
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Tone: romanticstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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: ambition
love
class
identity
betrayal
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild