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The Perjured Farmer

The Perjured Farmer

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2012

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama

User Score

43%

Original Title

Der Meineidbauer

Production Companies

ORF, ARD, Lisa Film

Director

Joseph Vilsmaier

Description

The wealthy farmer Karl Bruckner and his fiancée Anna are about to marry when Karl is killed in a car accident. While a world collapses for Anna, Charles' stepbrother Franz takes the opportunity to take possession of the family-owned farm. He lets Charles's will, in which Anna had been considered, disappear and swears a perjury that there was never a probate document. Anna is chased from the yard and leaves the village with her little daughter. Years later, she returns to finally bring the truth to light. Ludwig Anzengruber's famous folk piece as a gripping ...