The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
6.5
“Learning a language is like falling in love.”
Learning a language is like falling in love. But when this great linguist's love for a princess was denied, he just fell in love with her 75 times more. The film is about the remarkable life of a poor priest's son – Georg Julius Justus Sauerwein and his life-long love for Princess Elisabeth of Wied, later Queen of Romania. This is a psychological drama about a brilliant but complex man. His humanitarian values were far ahead of his time. In his day, he was the most vilified person in the German press. Based on Sauerwein's letters and other written sources and narrated from the first person, the film merges the classic fairytale with documentary realism, both in script and visual design, pushing the boundaries of documentary.
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Cast
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Justas Valinskas
Georg Sauerwein
Also in
The Book Smuggler
We Will Riot
Živilė Gallego
Leiv Igor Devold
Robert Günschmann
Georg Sauerwein
Pawel Debski
Paweł Dębski
Robert Clark
Georg Sauerwein as a boy
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Anne Magnussen
Anastasija Marcenkaite
Princess Elizabeth of Wied
Mateusz Michalak
Valda Bičkutė
Elisabeth Queen Of Romania
Also in
Christmas. Uncensored
Loss
Trude Refsahl
Paweł Dębski Director · Anne Magnussen Director Leiv Igor Devold Writer
First release November 3, 2016 · Produced in Lithuania, Norway, Poland · Languages English, German, Lithuanian, Norwegian
Production
Fralita Films
Production
FUMI Studio
Production
Embla Film
Production
Lithuania · Norway · Poland
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Languages
Original title
Mannen som kunne 75 språk
Original language
Norwegian
Spoken on screen
English · German · Lithuanian · Norwegian
Release dates
Germany · November 3, 2016
Limited theatrical · Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
February 23, 2018 · TV premiere
France
June 13, 2017 · Premiere · Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Romania
October 1, 2017 · Astra Film Festival
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