The Girl From the Marsh Croft / The Final Chord (Blu-ray)

A young farmer (Kurt Fischer-Fehling) looking for domestic help chooses a willful single mother (Hansi Knoteck), but their mutual attraction isn't lost on his angry fiancée (Ellen Frank), in Douglas Sirk's adaptation of the Selma Lagerlöf novel "The Girl from the Marsh Croft." Then, a new widow (Maria von Tasnady) who'd fled her husband's scandals sought to reclaim her son, to find he'd been adopted by a noted conductor (Willy Birgel). Becoming the boy's nanny, she draws the ire of the maestro's wife (Lil Dagover), in Sirk's "The Final Chord." 181 min. Total. Standard; Soundtrack: German; Subtitles: English; audio commentary. In German with English subtitles.