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Paradise (1953 film)

Paradise (Spanish: El paraíso) is a 1953 Argentine drama film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paola Loew, Florindo Ferrario and Eloy Álvarez. Ritter had been a leading director of propaganda films in Nazi Germany and left for Argentina after the war. This was his only film made in that country and proved a flop. He then briefly returned to West Germany to make a final two films, before retiring to Argentina The film's sets were designed by the art director Saulo Benavente.

Synopsis

A newly-married young couple move from the countryside to try their luck in the city, but soon encounter the downsides of urban life.

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Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Giesen, Rolf. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland & Company, 2003.

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