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The Great Moment

1911 · 40 min Drama
1.0 / 10 · TMDB

The landowner Bergmann and his wife hire Annie as a maid, but when the girl gets pregnant by a relative of her master, they dismiss her. Only Johann, the coachman, tries to help her. The child grows up without his mother at the Bergmanns'. A few years later, Johann helps Annie kidnap her son. But, discovered, he is condemned and imprisoned. After serving his sentence, the coachman retaliates by burning the estate. Annie, who tries to save her son, is killed.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title In dem großen Augenblick
Year 1911
Country Germany
Genre Drama
Director Urban Gad
Runtime 40 min.
Rating TMDB: 1.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs a stark social drama, contrasting the masters' cruelty with the servants' quiet dignity. It relies on expressive, economical frames to convey a sense of grim inevitability and simmering injustice.

What lingers after the final, fiery frame is a raw, pre-war portrait of class oppression, where love and revenge are equally destructive forces. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Urban Gad

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