86th Street Grande Theatre

160 E. 86th Street,
New York, NY 10128

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September 30, 1937. 1936 German film with great Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli opens here.

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Gerald A. DeLuca on June 25, 2023 at 5:02 am

While Gigli does sing Ave Maria to his his once-spurned woman, this is in no way a religious film. And as a German film made during the Nazi era, it has some shocking examples of racist language and a scene in which the woman is shown “cavorting” with a black man (the n- word is used in a subtitle) to illustrate her supposed infidelity. I re-watched it yesterday in its Italian-dubbed version.