GERMANY · 1949

The Reckless Moment

Max Ophuls & Max Ophüls
blackmail maternal sacrifice family honor moral ambiguity class conflict
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After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

Year1949
CountryGermany
DirectorMax Ophuls & Max Ophüls
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