Directed by Fritz Lang
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Kino Lorber)
A recently widowed woman is pursued by the brother of her dead husband. He chases her into the remote mountains where she seeks shelter with a hermit monk. An avalanche buries them in his hut, where it is revealed he is her long lost husband. Through flashbacks, we learn that he faked his suicide because society would not accept his idea of "free love" and their unconventional relationship. She then has a flashback detailing her struggles after his death dealing with his will, his aggressive brother and a cousin after his fortune. They are eventually dug out of the buried shack, but he refuses to return to the real world until a statue of the Virgin Mary walks, which it eventually does. Despite the unusual plot, this is not an entirely successful melding of melodrama and philosophy, though it does have its moments. The surviving version is not complete, with several missing reels, which may hinder full plot development.
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