Liliom

MOVIE #2,231 • SCORE NA/10 • 12.20.24
SERIES: FRITZ LANG DIRECTOR FOCUS

I continue to break new ground with this website. I've invented a new tag for scoring: NA (non/applicable). I googled to see if there was an "NA" emoji and was amjused by this particular result...


This is to say that I couldn't get the damn subtitles for this to sync properly so bailed after a painful ~30 minutes of viewing. I enjoyed what I saw of this, though. If anyone reading this has the (preferably hard-coded) English subs version of 1934's Liliom, please hmu.

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Liliom is a 1934 French fantasy film directed by Fritz Lang based on the 1909 Hungarian stage play of the same title by Ferenc Molnár. The film stars Charles Boyer as Liliom, a carousel barker who is fired from his job after defending the chambermaid Julie (Madeleine Ozeray) from the jealousy of Mme. Muscat, the carousel owner who is infatuated with Liliom. He moves in with Julie and they begin an affair. When Liliom discovers he's about to become a father, he finds he needs money and participates in a robbery which goes awry. Rather than allow himself to be arrested, Liliom kills himself and his soul is transported to a waiting room of Heaven. A heavenly commissioner determines that Liliom will not be admitted into Heaven, only Purgatory, until he returns to Earth to do one good deed. It was released on April 27, 1934.