John Glückstadt (1975)

TMDb

5.0

30/06/1975 • 1h 34m
original-title

John Glückstadt

status

Released

production-companies

Süddeutscher Rundfunk

Maran Film

Independent Film GmbH

original-language

German

budget

-

revenue

-

Adapted from the novel Die Döppelgänger by Theodor Storm, this black-and-white drama tells the tragic story of a war veteran who, in 1860, returns to his home in Schleswig Holstein after serving a term for robbery. There he finds nothing but hardship and rejection, save from the town's mayor and a young servant girl, whom he marries. Ridiculed and abused, with practically no work, he turns to drink and one night accidentally kills his wife. The child of their marriage is taken away from him, and at this point he is left with the options of becoming a robber, starving to death, or emigrating.

director
production-countries

Germany

spoken-languages

German

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