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The Girl on a Swing

1927

A gentle, charming silent-era romance, buoyed by playful performance and elegant period staging, best enjoyed with patience for its slower rhythms.

Directed by
Felix Basch
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Lotte Lorring
Overview
The Girl on a Swing is a 1926 German silent film directed by Felix Basch and starring Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, and Lotte Lorring.

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Directed by
Felix Basch
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Lotte Lorring
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • identity
  • class
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism5
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Felix Basch
Written by
Werner Scheff, Hans Stürm
Starring
Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Lotte Lorring, Olga Engl, Harry Bender, Albert Paulig, Fritz Steidel
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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