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Den farlige alder

191137 minDenmark
Drama

Synopsis

A middle-aged woman fears that she is losing her beauty and becomes attracted to her daughter's fiancé. The household's emotional balance is threatened by desires that conflict with her expected role as wife and mother.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Danish.
This copy runs
37:28
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Danish. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · August Blom · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsAugust Blom

Inspirations

Karin Michaëlis adapted her novel for this Nordisk production. The story circulated internationally as The Price of Beauty, while the English edition of the novel was called The Dangerous Age.

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