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Kolossale Liebe

1984 · 137 min

A slow, talk-heavy plunge into a historical salon, rewarding patience with quiet emotional and intellectual intensity.

Directed by
Jutta Brückner
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kirsten Dene, Ulrich Gebauer, Ilse Künkele
Overview
Berlin 1808. A young, immature student who considers himself a poet, August Varnhagen, enters the famous salon of Rahel Levin, one of the first assimilated Jewish women of the Romantic period. He has heard of this woman who was praised by all for her wit and wisdom and he comes because he seeks connection and relations and in this salon the most famous men of the time crowded.

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Directed by
Jutta Brückner
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kirsten Dene, Ulrich Gebauer, Ilse Künkele
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • class
  • gender
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Jutta Brückner
Written by
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Starring
Kirsten Dene, Ulrich Gebauer, Ilse Künkele, Richard Münch, Sandra Marcus, Lutz Weidlich
Cinematography
Horst Heisler
Runtime
137 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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