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Herzsprung

1992 · 87 min

A quiet, melancholic portrait of small-town life after upheaval, where love and prejudice simmer beneath everyday hardship.

Overview: In the little town of Herzsprung - whose name harks back to an ancient legend of broken hearts - almost nothing has changed since German unification, except a rise in unemployment. Johanna, a young mother and widow, becomes one of the unemployed and lives on welfare. To make matters worse, she falls in love with a dark-skinned, roving adventurer and the whole village starts talking about it.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
love
class
identity
family
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Helke Misselwitz
Written by: Helke Misselwitz
Starring: Claudia Geisler-Bading, Günter Lamprecht, Eva-Maria Hagen, Nino Sandow, Tatjana Besson, Ben Becker, Hanns Zischler, Steffen Scheumann
Cinematography: Thomas Plenert
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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