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Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).
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Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris to visit the 1867 World Exhibition. In an overcrowded city they must be accommodated in separate hotels. During the night the mother, who wasn't feeling very well, gets suddenly worse. When next morning Séraphine goes to meet her every trace of her presence has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her. The bewildered young woman must find someone who believes her. Previous version of So Long at the Fair (1950).
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Genre:Drama, Mystery
Written By:Veit Harlan, Thea von Harbou, Felix Lützkendorf
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Runtime:81 minutes
Studio:Majestic-Film GmbH
Cast
Veit Harlan
Director
Kristina Söderbaum
Séraphine Lawrence
Philip Dorn
Bezirksarzt Dr. Morot
Heinrich Schroth
Graf Duval
Paul Dahlke
Journalist Henri Poquet
Elisabeth Botz
Pensionswirtin Madame Chaumette
Paul Bildt
Attaché an der englischen Botschaft
Edith Meinhard
Jeanette
Leo Peukert
Dubois
Charlotte Schultz
Madeleine Lawrence, Seraphines Mutter
Friedrich Kayssler
Polizeipräfekt von Paris
Hans Halden
Polizeikommissar Fragonard
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