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The Punch Bowl

1944 · 97 min · Director: Helmut Weiss ★ IMDb 7.7 · 7,092 ratings

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Writer Johannes Pfeiffer who goes undercover as a student in a high school after his friends told him that he missed out on a great life experience since he was home schooled.

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The Punch Bowl (1944) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 40%, Smile 25%, Nostalgia 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

40%Humor
25%Smile
  1. Humor40%
  2. Smile25%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Smile, Nostalgia. Genres: Comedy, Family. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Smile and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Curiosity
  • Nostalgia

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Humor
Curiosity
Nostalgia
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

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Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorCuriosityNostalgia
2.5 %≈ 2′Nostalgia55 %45 %30 %52 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Nostalgia55 %46 %41 %43 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor53 %46 %41 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor51 %48 %30 %10 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor55 %54 %24 %5 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Humor56 %56 %20 %6 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Humor58 %58 %18 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor58 %56 %23 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor51 %49 %29 %4 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor51 %50 %26 %1 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Humor55 %53 %26 %0 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Humor54 %48 %33 %0 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Humor54 %48 %30 %4 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Humor55 %49 %25 %8 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Humor56 %43 %29 %4 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Love56 %36 %35 %3 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Humor54 %40 %36 %6 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Humor56 %46 %34 %9 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Love63 %39 %30 %25 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Nostalgia65 %25 %25 %48 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

HR
Heinz Rühmann

HR
Heinz Rühmann

Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer/Hans Pfeiffer

KH
Karin Himboldt

HS
Hilde Sessak

EP
Erich Ponto

HL
Hans Leibelt

LG
Lutz Götz

CH
Clemens Hasse

RS
Rudi Schippel

GW
Georg-Michael Wagner

Ackermann

HW
Hedwig Wangel

Haushälterin bei Crey

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Anneliese Würtz

Witwe Windscheidt

MS
Margarete Schön

Frau Direktor Knauer

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Max Gülstorff

Herr Oberschulrat

EV
Egon Vogel

Musiklehrer Fridolin

EW
Ewald Wenck

Kastellan Kliemke

AF
Albert Florath

Mitglied der Bowlenrunde

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Karl Etlinger

Mitglied der Bowlenrunde

GH
Georg H. Schnell

Mitglied der Bowlenrunde

Details

Directed by
Helmut Weiss
Written by
Heinrich Spoerl
Type
Movies
Released
1944
Runtime
97 min
Country
Germany
Genres
Comedy, Family
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 7,092 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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