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Mutterliebe

1929 · 103 min

A quiet, sorrowful silent melodrama that lingers on heartbreak and dignity, moving slowly but landing with real emotional force.

Directed by
Georg Jacoby
Genres
Drama
Starring
Henny Porten, Gustav Diessl, Paul Henckels
Overview
After divorcing her husband Hans, who had started a relationship with another woman because of her infertility, Maria Immermann leaves their shared apartment and moves to Berlin.

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Directed by
Georg Jacoby
Genres
Drama
Starring
Henny Porten, Gustav Diessl, Paul Henckels
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 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
  • grief
  • family
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Georg Jacoby
Written by
Friedrich Raff, Julius Urgiss
Starring
Henny Porten, Gustav Diessl, Paul Henckels, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Inge Landgut, Hilde Maroff, Elisabeth Pinajeff
Cinematography
Karl Puth
Runtime
103 min
Country
Germany

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