A 1936 Austrian drama about forbidden professor-student love that scandalized its era.
Acting
Rolf Wanka's tortured professor balancing dignity and desire.
Production
Rare surviving print of Land's controversial late-period work.
Director
Robert Land
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Land fled Austria for France in 1938 as Nazi annexation destroyed the film industry; this was among his final German-language works.
Ellen Schwanneke, barely 20 here, became a controversial stage star before dying mysteriously in 1940—some sources suggest Nazi persecution of her Jewish heritage.
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