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RUNTIME
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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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The Girl from the Marsh Croft
1958 1h 27m DE
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8.2
BANGER
★8.2TMDB · 2
Drama
Synopsis
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Beautiful young Helga gets publicly shamed because a rich land owner seduced and impregnated her but refuses to take responsibility in a story of love and death in Sweden.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Maria Emo
Helga Nilsson
Wolfgang Lukschy
Per Eric Martinsson
Claus Holm
Gudmund Erlandsson
Horst Frank
Jan Lindgren
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Hildur Lindgren
Joseph Offenbach
Kalle
Werner Hinz
Vater Erlandsson
Hans Nielsen
Amtmann Lindgren
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Gustav Ucicky
- Writers
- Adolf Schütz
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Gustav Ucicky directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 268 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Maria Emo and Wolfgang Lukschy and Claus Holm carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0051966 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 87 min · 1h 27m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- Certification (US)
- 6
Also by
Gustav Ucicky
Production companies
Who made it
- RE
Real-Film
DE
Key crew
- NovelSelma Lagerlöf
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1958-09-126
