A man and a woman struggle to stifle their love for each other, even after he moves away to travel the world and she marries a suitor.
Cinematography
Söderbaum glowing through gauzy, hypnotic close-ups.
Production
The lake as character—Germany's most photographed water.
Score
Schumann's themes weaponized for tears.
Director
Veit Harlan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harlan and Söderbaum were married; he directed her as the ideal Aryan woman in 'Jud Süß' the same year. This was their softer side.
The real Immensee lake location became so iconic that West Germans petitioned to preserve the set house—it burned mysteriously in 1950.
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