Waldwinter (1936) Deutsch
Directed by Fritz Peter Buch This wintry drama stars Viktor Stahl as Walter Peters, a young and struggling writer. Peters falls madly in love with Marian Von Soden (Hansi Knoteck), who has hidden herself in the Silesian forest to escape her nasty husband (Hans ZsechBallot). For most of the proceedings, the story takes a back seat to an itinerary of the customs and traditions of Silesian peasantry. Highlights include a Christmas celebration and a New Year s Eve revelry both presumably authentic and an outsized climactic snowstorm. Waldwinter was based on a novel by Paul Keller.
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