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A Roof Over Your Head

1962 · 106 min

A tender, quietly comic slice of life that balances hardship with warmth, watching a family navigate pride and neighbourly scheming.

Overview
A poor family with 6 kids that live in a ramshackle hut are suddenly offered a nice flat for cheap - with the landlord hoping they'll drive away their new neighbors whom he wants out of his building.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • class
  • parenthood
  • betrayal
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Kurt Früh
Written by
Kurt Früh
Starring
Zarli Carigiet, Valerie Steinmann, Willy Fueter, Fred Tanner, Heinrich Gretler, Walburga Gmür, Alfred Schlageter, Eva Langraf
Music
Walter Baumgartner
Cinematography
Emil Berna
Runtime
106 min
Country
Switzerland
Languages
German

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