The Girl From the Marsh Croft/The Final Chord on Blu-ray
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Actor: Hansi Knoteck, Ellen Frank, Friedrich Kayßler, Willy Birgel
Willy Birgel, Lil Dagover, Mária Tasnádi Fekete
Director: Douglas Sirk
Genre: Drama
Year: 1935/1936
Studio: Kino Classics
Length: 181
Released: 02/22/2022
Rating: NR
Format: Blu-ray
Misc: NTSC, Black/White
Douglas Sirk is commonly credited with transforming the American melodrama into high art. What less commonly known is that, prior to fleeing Germany in the 1930s, he was already exploring the boundaries of the genre, and refining the sophisticated visual style and emotional complexity that would become his trademarks in the 1950s. The Girl from the Marsh Croft is an adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf’s popular novel, a tale of shame and superstition set in an insular farming community in the northern region of Germany. Hansi Knoteck stars as a moral outcast who is willing to sacrifice her own happiness for the sake of the man she loves (Kurt Fischer-Fehling). Female self-sacrificeis also the theme of The Final Chord, a lavish drama set in the classical concert halls of Germany. Maria von Tasnady is a woman who gives up her child for adoption, only to become its nursemaid years later. But even that tenuous happiness is threatened by the influence of a domineering nanny (Lil Dagover).
Special Features:
-Audio commentary for The Girl from the Marsh Croft by film historian Olaf Möller
-Audio commentary for The Final Chord by film historian Anthony Slide
Director: Douglas Sirk
Genre: Drama
Year: 1935/1936
Studio: Kino Classics
Length: 181
Released: 02/22/2022
Rating: NR
Format: Blu-ray
Misc: NTSC, Black/White
Douglas Sirk is commonly credited with transforming the American melodrama into high art. What less commonly known is that, prior to fleeing Germany in the 1930s, he was already exploring the boundaries of the genre, and refining the sophisticated visual style and emotional complexity that would become his trademarks in the 1950s. The Girl from the Marsh Croft is an adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf’s popular novel, a tale of shame and superstition set in an insular farming community in the northern region of Germany. Hansi Knoteck stars as a moral outcast who is willing to sacrifice her own happiness for the sake of the man she loves (Kurt Fischer-Fehling). Female self-sacrificeis also the theme of The Final Chord, a lavish drama set in the classical concert halls of Germany. Maria von Tasnady is a woman who gives up her child for adoption, only to become its nursemaid years later. But even that tenuous happiness is threatened by the influence of a domineering nanny (Lil Dagover).
Special Features:
-Audio commentary for The Girl from the Marsh Croft by film historian Olaf Möller
-Audio commentary for The Final Chord by film historian Anthony Slide