Der verlorene Sohn is a movie directed by Luis Trenker in 1934 and based on the book of the same name by Luis Trenker, first published in 1934. The movie features Luis Trenker, Maria Andergast, Bertl Schultes, Marian Marsh, F.W. Schröder-Schrom, Jimmie Fox, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Luis Trenker plays a Bavarian wishing to flee the constrictive and provincial life of his Bavarian mountain village. He ends up fleeing to New York in the middle of the Great Depression and discovers city life to be brutal and inhuman. The disillusioned émigré returns to his mountain village during a solstice festival and finds his way back to the woman he left behind.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1934
Minutes
102
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Year
1934
Pages
239
Book Rate
5.00
S: Goodreads
Book
Der verlorene Sohn
User polls & recommendations
“I liked the film very much but I found working on it incredibly stressful; I would probably not adapt my own work again - you need to have distance from the book.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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