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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1210

Eternal Love

192971 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 70:20
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Ernst Lubitsch · Public domain

Synopsis

In a Swiss mountain village, Marcus and Ciglia love one another but marry other people after a series of jealous interventions. Their attachment survives the new arrangements. Suspicion and danger in the snowy landscape make returning to one another increasingly difficult.

Cast

John Barrymore

Camilla Horn

DirectorsErnst Lubitsch

Behind the scenes

Lubitsch's adaptation of Jakob Christoph Heer's novel was filmed partly around Lake Louise in Canada. Its synchronized music and effects accompany intertitles, closing the non-talking phase of his work with John Barrymore.

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John Barrymore — Unknown author · Public domain
Camilla Horn — Unknown author Unknown author; ECO DEL CINEMA n 153 agosto 1936 · Public domain

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