If you loved Der Holzschuhbaum, try 1900
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.
Was sie teilen
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Der Holzschuhbaum, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What 1900 is
Barry Lyndon meets Reds. Two boys born on the same day in 1900 grow up on opposite sides of Italy's class divide. Bertolucci's operatic vision is long, lush, and committed to its own scale.

