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The Devil from Mill Mountain

1955 · 87 min

A folksy fairy-tale struggle of honest villagers against cruel overlords, with a gentle magical lift and a satisfying moral arc.

Overview
This film is set in a medieval mill town in the Harz mountains. The greedy and brutal millman and his accomplices, the castle steward and the mayor, set fire to a forest mill that the farmers used for processing their grain. Without their mill, the farmers must now rely on the millman's services. When the farmhand Anna uncovers the millman’s crimes, he swiftly detains her and a young miller, Jörg. The forest spirits have a different plan, however, and they free the young couple with the charge to rebuild the ruined forest mill and turn things around for the villagers.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • corruption
  • justice
  • greed
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism3
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
fantasy
Directed by
Herbert Ballmann
Written by
Anneliese Probst, Kurt Bortfeldt
Starring
Eva Kotthaus, Hans-Peter Minetti, Willy A. Kleinau, Werner Peters, Gerhard Frei, Heinz Kammer, Johannes Arpe, Marianne Rudolph
Music
Joachim Werzlau
Cinematography
Götz Neumann
Runtime
87 min
Country
East Germany
Languages
German

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