La rondine
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In Italian language with German and English surtitles
In Magda’s salon, the poet Prunier provokes everyone present with his ideas about love. Magda, the socially dependent girlfriend of the wealthy Rambaldo, believes in romantic love. Incognito, she visits a dance hall where she falls in love with the young student Ruggero. Together they spend a carefree time on the Côte d’Azur until one day Ruggero wants to marry her. Under pressure from the poet Prunier, Magda has no choice but to confess her “immoral”past to him and leave Ruggero.