1938 German historical drama film by Gustav Ucicky
Frau Sixta is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Franziska Kinz and Ilse Werner.[1] It is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by the Swiss writer Ernst Zahn.[2]
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Hans Kuhnert. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at the winter sports resort of Kühtai in the Austrian Tyrol.
Plot
In the 1860s, a widow runs a post coach station near the Italian border. One day a former army officer arrives on his way to Italy. She persuades him to stay and work for her, and before long they begin a relationship. Complications ensue when her daughter returns home from boarding school and develops an attachment to her mother's lover.
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