Der träumende Mund (1932)
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Cast
Anton Edthofer, Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster, Margarete Hruby, Jaro Fürth, Peter Kröger, Karl Hannemann, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
A neglected wife falls for her husband’s childhood friend while wavering between new love and the security of marriage.
The story
Orchestra musician Peter gives too little attention to his young wife, Gaby. When she meets Peter’s childhood friend Michael, a violin virtuoso, she falls in love with him and feels guilty. Gaby doubts her marriage will last, yet hesitates to leave the security of married life.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Orchestra musician Peter does not give enough attention to his young wife, Gaby. When she meets Peter’s childhood friend Michael, she falls in love with the violin virtuoso, but from then on she lives with a guilty conscience. On the one hand, she does not believe her marriage to Peter will last; on the other, she does not want to leave the security of married life. When Peter becomes seriously ill, she turns her attention wholly back to her husband. But her love for Michael is stronger. Desperate and seeing no way out of her emotional predicament, she takes her own life.
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