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The Song of Life (German: Das Lied vom Leben) is a 1931 German film directed by Alexis Granowsky. Plot. After discovering that her elderly fiancé has false teeth, a young bride-to-be becomes so distraught that she contemplates suicide. She is rescued by a young sailor, with whom she has a baby, which she eventually delivers by Caesarian section.
The Song of Life is a mess of ideas; a unique product, but equally inconsistent. Borrowing from his native cinema, Alexis Granowsky imbues this film with a Soviet spirit for montage and visual experimentation, albeit one less slavish to the ideological axioms of his countrymen.
This Brechtian musical about a young woman who flees from her decrepit, noble fiancé and marries a sailor is an interesting, although not a completely successful attempt to translate the sort of stage show to film.
This Brechtian musical about a young woman who flees from her decrepit, noble fiancé and marries a sailor is an interesting, although not a completely successful attempt to translate the sort of stage show to film.
Song of Life is a film directed by Alexis Granowsky with Aribert Mog, Margot Ferra, Elsa Wagner, Ernst Busch .... Year: 1931. Original title: Das Lied vom Leben. Synopsis: After discovering that her elderly fiance has false teeth, a young bride-to-be becomes so distraught that she contemplates suicide.
A young woman attempts to drown herself in the Elbe river, but finds new meaning in life with the man who saves her.
1931. 0 hr 54 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Released in America as The Song of Life, this German film stirred up quite a tempest back in 1931 for its depiction of a Caesarian birth. Though...
