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Frank Bockius

April 19, 2024 By anita

The Devious Path

Underrated and all but forgotten by film historians, G.W. Pabst’s The Devious Path is, on the surface, a story of marital crisis and sexual mores in Weimar Germany. Released in 1928, it is also a prime example of a post-Expressionist film that eschews distorted sets, demonic characters, and … [Read more...] about The Devious Path

Filed Under: Essay Tagged With: Festival 2024, Frank Bockius, Guenter Buchwald

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