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The Devil's Mistress

2016 · 111 min

A somber, slow-burning historical drama that immerses you in glamour and moral unease, weighed down by the shadow of power.

Directed by
Filip Renč
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Starring
Tatiana Pauhofová, Karl Markovics, Gedeon Burkhard
Tagline
She turned down Hollywood to become Goebbels' lover: Lída Baarová
Overview
Salzburg, Germany, 2000. The elderly Czech actress Lída Baarová tells a journalist the tumultuous story of her rise to fame in 1930s Berlin and her passionate relationship with the sinister Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda of the Third Reich.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Filip Renč
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Starring
Tatiana Pauhofová, Karl Markovics, Gedeon Burkhard
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • ambition
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, history, romance
Directed by
Filip Renč
Written by
Ivan Hubač
Starring
Tatiana Pauhofová, Karl Markovics, Gedeon Burkhard, Zdenka Procházková, Simona Stašová, Martin Huba, Anna Prášilová Fialová, Pavel Kříž
Music
Ondřej Soukup
Cinematography
Petr Hojda
Runtime
111 min
Country
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Languages
Czech, English, German

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