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In the Land of Morning Calm (1925)

Also known as Im Lande der Morgenstille

1925 · Silent film · 116 min · dir. Norbert Weber

  • Documentary

Synopsis

The film shows long-lost images of the early 20th-century Korean Peninsula, before the Korean War separated the North and South. The images include women spinning on cotton wheels, families making traditional tteok (rice cakes), a look at Dongsomun (Seoul’s ancient East Gate), which was destroyed just years later, and missionary activities in what is now North Korean territory. The footage was once stored in a German monastery, but later the Nazi government, which sided with Japan in World War…

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Director
Norbert Weber
Released
1925-04-09
Running time
116 minutes

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