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Clarissa (1998)

1998-07-01 · 1h 44m · DE
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Vienna before the First World War: Clarissa Schuhmeister grows up in the monastery. Strict discipline determines her life until she meets the Frenchman Léonard and falls in love with him. Just when she expects a child from him, the First World War tears the happy couple apart. Out of pragmatism, Clarissa marries Gottfried, a deserter, with whom she makes a painful yet realistic agreement so that he will not be sent back to war. But she never feels love for him because she can not forget Léonard.

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Jean-Claude CarrièreWriterJacques DerayDirector

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Maruschka DetmersMaruschka DetmersClarissa SchuhmeisterTobias MorettiTobias MorettiGottfriedClaude RichClaude RichProfessor SilbersteinStéphane FreissStéphane FreissLeonardWolfgang GasserWolfgang GasserClarissas VaterElena Sofia RicciElena Sofia RicciMarionFritz KarlFritz KarlHuberDorothea PartonDorothea PartonMadame KutsheraMichael RotschopfMichael RotschopfEdouardRobert HoffmannRobert HoffmannDr FerleitnerBigi FischerBigi FischerDéléguée Serbe

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Genre affinityDramaDialogue densityDramaDirector preference378383Actor preference275819 · 88472 · 201793Country preferenceDeDecade preference1990

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What is Clarissa about?

Vienna before the First World War: Clarissa Schuhmeister grows up in the monastery. Strict discipline determines her life until she meets the Frenchman Léonard and falls in love with him. Just when she expects a child from him, the First World War tears the happy couple apart. Out of pragmatism, Clarissa marries Gottfried, a deserter, with whom she makes a painful yet realistic agreement so that he will not be sent back to war. But she never feels love for him because she can not forget Léonard.

How long is Clarissa?

Clarissa has a runtime of 104 minutes.