If you loved Mit den Wellen, try Martin Eden
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Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mit den Wellen, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Martin Eden is
A proletarian poet gets tangled in his own manifesto, circa 1908. After a sailor stumbles into literature, he splits time between genteel romance and class loyalty. At least the romantic heroism is in the footnotes.
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