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Um den Bruchteil einer Sekunde

1920 · 53 min

A hushed, shadowy silent melodrama where a single desperate plea hangs over everything, watched with quiet patience.

Overview
A dancer obtains the pardon of a conspirator.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 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
  • justice
  • betrayal
  • fate
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
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
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jaap Speyer
Starring
Magda Madeleine, Karl Falkenberg, Max Ruhbeck, Theodor Burghardt
Runtime
53 min
Country
Germany
Languages
No Language

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