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Sarajevo
GERMANY · 1940

Sarajevo

Max Ophuls
forbidden love military ceremony love triangle austro-hungarian empire infidelity
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Synopsis

It is a muster parade in Sarajevo in honour of Ferenc Ferdinánd. Polgár Éva and baron Várnay Miklós, her fiancé and a hussar captain, are preparing together for the event. In the meantime, the woman meets Borisz Boronow, a Russian painter. They fall in love with each other.

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