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The Golden Mask

1940 · 75 min

A slow, earnest old-world melodrama of stage dreams and unhappy marriage, watched with the melancholy of a world about to vanish.

Directed by
Jan Fethke
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Lidia Wysocka, Mieczysława Ćwiklińska, Irena Wasiutynska
Overview
Magda, the butcher's daughter, against the wishes of her father becomes an actress in the theater "Golden Mask". Kicked out of the house she meets Count Xavier Runickie and soon they get married. Unfortunately, the marriage did not bring her happiness...

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Directed by
Jan Fethke
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Lidia Wysocka, Mieczysława Ćwiklińska, Irena Wasiutynska
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • love
  • ambition
  • class
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Jan Fethke
Starring
Lidia Wysocka, Mieczysława Ćwiklińska, Irena Wasiutynska, Maria Buchwald, Władysław Walter, Aleksander Żabczyński, Janina Krzymuska, Zofia Wilczyńska
Runtime
75 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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