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Le Joueur

1938 · 95 min

A slow, talky period drama of small-town money troubles and tangled romances, more interesting as atmosphere than as story.

Directed by
Louis Daquin, Gerhard Lamprecht
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pierre Blanchar, Suzet Maïs, Viviane Romance
Overview
Drama in a small German water town where various characters clash against a backdrop of money, gambling and love.

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Directed by
Louis Daquin, Gerhard Lamprecht
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pierre Blanchar, Suzet Maïs, Viviane Romance
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • greed
    • love
    • class
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Louis Daquin, Gerhard Lamprecht
    Written by
    Willi Krause, Alois J. Lippi
    Starring
    Pierre Blanchar, Suzet Maïs, Viviane Romance, Berthe Bovy, Roger Karl, Marcel André, André Burgère, Yvonne Yma
    Cinematography
    Otto Baecker
    Runtime
    95 min
    Country
    France, Germany
    Languages
    French

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