Shattered 1921

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Shattered ★★★ Scherben 1921

Key film in Germany's kammerspiel (chamber play) movement, which emphasized naturalism with a minimum number of characters. A railway worker's daughter is seduced by her father's supervisor. When the man abandons her, the girl's father takes revenge. 62m/B VHS . GE Werner Krauss, Edith Posca, Paul Otto; D: Lupu Pick; W: Carl Mayer.

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