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The Cornet
The Cornet

THE CORNET

Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod

Directed by Walter Reisch
West Germany, 1955
History, Romance, War

Synopsis

Rilke’s Lay of the Love and Death as an autumnal and melancholy film poem about the horrors of war. A visually splendid history painting, to be seen as a comment on the then ongoing armament discussion in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Synopsis

Rilke’s Lay of the Love and Death as an autumnal and melancholy film poem about the horrors of war. A visually splendid history painting, to be seen as a comment on the then ongoing armament discussion in the Federal Republic of Germany.