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Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 21, 1933

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama, Romance, Music

User Score

70%

Original Title

Bitter Sweet

Production Companies

British & Dominions Film Corporation, Herbert Wilcox Productions

Director

Herbert Wilcox

Description

The first film adaptation, and most faithful, of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. This tells the story of Sarah Linden's romance, the tale begins with Sarah, now older, reminiscing about her first love. As a young girl Sarah falls in love with Carl, a musician, and runs off with him to Vienna. They are happily wed and Carl earns a living conducting a small orchestra. Enter a certain Captain who sets his eye on Sarah and proceeds to shower her with his attentions, much to her dismay.