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Movie poster: The Sleeping House (1926)
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The Sleeping House

1926 · 73 min Drama
4.0 / 10 · TMDB

As their shared wealth disappears, Elisabet’s love for her husband Richard also evaporates. She leaves him and finds a new husband with his finances in order. When the new husband subsequently leaves her and her daughter falls ill, Elisabet understands she is at fault and asks for Richard’s forgiveness. However, he’s been hiding in Italy and doesn’t respond to her inquiries. But then everything changes when a young woman from the past suddenly comes knocking on his door.(stumfilm.dk)

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Det sovende Hus
Year 1926
Country Denmark
Genre Drama
Director Guðmundur Kamban
Runtime 73 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs its drama on the contrast between cold calculation and remorse, relying on the expressive gestures and close-ups typical of silent cinema. It explores themes of moral debt and the irrevocability of certain choices, using spatial metaphors—closed doors, empty rooms, unanswered letters.

What lingers after viewing is a classic tale of retribution and forgiveness, where fate offers its characters only one, very fragile, chance. A melancholic sense of justice remains. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Guðmundur Kamban

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With dimmed lights, allowing the rhythm of silent cinema to fully unfold.

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