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Fährmann Maria (1936)
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23 December 1938 (USA)
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Maria, a daughter of a ferryman takes over the job after her father's death, and one night gives a ride to a wounded man...
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Interesting tale in style of Dreyer's Vampyr
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(Credited cast) | Sybille Schmitz | ... | Maria |
| Aribert Mog | ... | The Young Man |
| Carl de Vogt | ... | The Minstrel |
| Peter Voß | ... | The Man in Black (Death) |
| Gerhard Bienert | ... | The Wealthy Landowner |
| Eduard Wenck | ... | Mayor Hegemann |
| Karl Platen | ... | The Old Ferryman |
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| Ernst Stimmel | ... | Dorfschullehrer |
| Mimi Thoma | ... | Singer (Heidelied) |
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Death and the Maiden (USA) (informal title)
Ferryman Maria (International: English title) (literal title)
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Ferryman Maria (International: English title) (literal title)
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85 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Tobis Klangfilm)
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Remade as Strangler of the Swamp (1946)
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A woman takes over the job of ferryman on a river, and saves her lover's life by sacrificing her own to drown Death when he comes for the lover. Of interest, though not quite as good as its minor cult reputation suggests (mainly due, at least in English-speaking countries, to William K. Everson writing about Wisbar's sort-of B movie remake of it, Strangler of the Swamp). There's nothing Hollywoodish about the original, which has the stark (and slightly ponderous) simplicity of a folk tale, and the same kind of unblinkingly realistic approach to supernatural events that Carl Dreyer's Vampyr (also starring Schmitz) takes. Wisbar is not Dreyer's equal, and as a last gasp of German Expressionism the production seems much less elaborate than that of pre-Nazi-era films; but there are certainly effective moments and an impressive overall atmosphere of peasant fatalism.