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The Grey House

1926 · 46 min

A somber silent melodrama that unfolds through memory, moving from doomed romance to betrayal with a quiet, fatalistic pull.

Directed by
Friedrich Fehér
Genres
Drama
Starring
Magda Sonja, Werner Krauss, Erna Morena
Overview
Maria is sentenced to death and recounts her life story. She falls in love with a man who manipulates her into helping him break his supposedly innocent sister out of prison. When her father, who works as the prison inspector, catches them in the act, Maria and her lover are forced to flee—leading Maria to discover that her lover is actually a confidence trickster.

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Directed by
Friedrich Fehér
Genres
Drama
Starring
Magda Sonja, Werner Krauss, Erna Morena
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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
    • betrayal
    • deception
    • love
    • crime
    • fate
    Places
    • prison
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance5
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Friedrich Fehér
    Written by
    Georg C. Klaren, Herbert Juttke
    Starring
    Magda Sonja, Werner Krauss, Erna Morena, Angelo Ferrari, Julia Serda
    Runtime
    46 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    No Language

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