If you loved Ein Mann wie Sprengstoff, try Ein Mensch der Masse
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
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Both films are directed by King Vidor, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Ein Mann wie Sprengstoff, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Ein Mensch der Masse is
The idea here was to show an everyman struggling in the big city. John and Mary get married, start a family, and then struggle with the realities of city life in the early 20th century. It's a moving picture, if perhaps a bit obvious in its aims.
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