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Liebelei

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An Austrian lieutenant (Wolfgang Liebeneiner) engaged in a sexual affair with a baron's wife falls in love with a young woman (Magda Schneider).

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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Militarist strictures and emotional impulses are the contrasting poles of this masterpiece Nov 30, 2011 Full Review Daniel Kasman d+kaz. intelligent movie reviews Rated: A- Dec 17, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Jun 12, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Beautifully filmed, acted and written. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member 1936 vienna yap?m? siyah-beyaz film.. genc bir alman subay? ve operada ?ark? söylemey cal??an genc bir k?z?n a?k?n? annat?or.. genc subay, bir baronun e?i ile yasak a?k ya??or ve bu söylentiler dola??or ortada daha sonra bu genc k?z? görüp ona a??k oluor ve kad?ndan ayr?l?or genc subay fakat baron onu mahkemey verior ve mahkeme sonucunda düello yap?lmas? karar? c?k?or, en sonunda düelloda genc subay ölüor, ve bunu k?za sölediklerinde k?z da pencereden atlay?p intihar edior ,böylece film bitior.. bir a?k dram?.. günüe göre gayet iyi filmmi? belli ki ;) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This 1933 Germany language film by Max Ophuls bears touchstones common to his more well known French 50's films, including a fluid, mobile camera, society scandal and mores, and love gained, lost, and made tragic by ill communication and suicide. Hard to find, but available if you dig. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Ophüls masterpiece before exiting Germany, set in the turn-of-the-century Vienna, in which love and "liebelei" are the main recipe. This brilliant introspective work assigns a great relevance on the emotions and inner thoughts of the characters. Scenes consist in close-ups, landscapes speaking that which characters can't put into words, and prolonged shots of the facial expressions of the characters while they are being told something, while we wait for some kind of response from them, like watching someone in the face without blinking. 99/100 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Ein frà 1/4hes Meisterwerk vom groÃen Max Ophà 1/4ls. Wie er anfangs ganz leichtfà 1/4Ãig inszeniert, dabei trotzdem Abgrà 1/4ndigkeiten à 1/4berall ahnen lässt, und wie er dann im letzten Drittel den Film so vollständig umkippen lässt in einen morbiden, Tränen treibenden Totentanz - das ist ohne Zweifel ganz, ganz groÃe Kunst. Ganz abgesehen davon, dass der finale Aufschrei des jungen Oberleutnants wider die martialischen Rituale der militarisierten preuÃischen Gesellschaft im Jahr 1932 wohl kaum anders als sehr gegenwärtig verstanden werden konnte. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Lovely doomed romance from Ophuls, whose sophisticated treatment of the story helps us to believe in the emotions. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An Austrian lieutenant (Wolfgang Liebeneiner) engaged in a sexual affair with a baron's wife falls in love with a young woman (Magda Schneider).
Director
Max Ophuls
Screenwriter
Curt Alexander, Felix Salten, Hans Wilhelm
Production Co
Paramount
Genre
Romance
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 28m