Imitation of Life

A melodrama about the American dream and its fine print shares a dressing room with a motherless girl. The widow’s stage ambitions collide with the maid’s quiet fight to build a life for her light-skinned daughter. It ends where many happy endings begin.

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Douglas Sirk directed Imitation of Life in 1959. See Douglas Sirk's full filmography, where to start with Douglas Sirk, or where to go after you've seen everything by Douglas Sirk.

Imitation of Life was released in 1959 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.