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Christine

1958 · 100 min

A lush, old-fashioned romance that sweeps you up in its passion before tightening into a tense, tragic inevitability.

Overview
Vienna, 1906. A passionate love story develops between Franz Lobheiner and the young Christine. Lobheiner is, however, currently seeing the married Baroness von Eggersdorf. Upon learning of his wife's infidelity, the Baron von Eggersdorf provokes a duel with Lobheiner. But the former is no longer a real threat to the Baron. Lobheiner is now passionately in love with Christine. How will this love quartet end?

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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • class
  • death
  • fate
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Starring
Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Jean-Claude Brialy, François Chaumette, Jacques Duby, Sophie Grimaldi, Jean Davy, Bernard Dhéran
Music
Georges Auric
Cinematography
Christian Matras
Runtime
100 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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