Desire

Name: Desire
Director: F. W. Murnau
Released: 1921-01-01

1921 film by F. W. Murnau

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Released: 1921
Director: F. W. Murnau
Screenwriter: Carl Heinz Járosy
Cast: Conrad Veidt
, Eugen Klöpfer
, Hubert von Meyerinck
, Gussy Holl
+2 more
Runtime: 77 min
Genre: silent film
, drama film
, romance film
Country of origin: Germany
Original language: German
, none

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Desire is a 1921 silent film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Conrad Veidt. It tells the story of a male dancer who falls in love with a grand duchess, only to be arrested, and his subsequent attempt to find the duchess.

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Director of photography: Carl Hoffmann
Title: Sehnsucht
Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3
Color: black-and-white
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
State of transmission: lost

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