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The Scoundrel

1931 · 82 min

A gentle old-fashioned comedy ambling through a family's everyday ups and downs, pleasant and mild rather than laugh-out-loud.

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film directed by Franz Wenzler and Eugen Schüfftan

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Franz Wenzler, Eugen Schüfftan
    Written by
    Erich Kästner, Emeric Pressburger
    Starring
    Emilia Unda, Evelyn Holt, Heinz Wagner, Heinz Könecke, Viktor Franz, Rosa Valetti, Ernst Pröckl, Hans Hermann Schaufuß
    Music
    Herbert Lichtenstein
    Cinematography
    Bernhard Wentzel, Eugen Schüfftan
    Runtime
    82 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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