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Second Hand Destiny
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Wikipedia article
'Second Hand Destiny' is a 1949 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Erich Ponto, Heinz Klevenow and Marianne Hoppe. It is sometimes considered a film noir.Spicer p. 460 At the time the director Staudte was mostly known for his work for the East German studio DEFA.
It was made between May and July 1949 at the Wandsbek Studios of the Hamburg-based company Real Film. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff.
Synopsis
A man now working as a clairvoyant narrates in flashback how he has sunk from once being a happily married man to murdering his own wife.
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