Veit Harlan directed this dram based on the Austrian Richard Billinger's play `Der Gigant' (The Giant). In Czechoslovakia, a German farmer's daughter leaves her father to go Prague, where she is seduced and deserted by Czechoslovakian cousin. In the end she kills herself by drowning.
This second colour feature to be made in Germany has been praised by many for it's visual beauty. Filmed on location in Prague, `Die Goldene Stadt' became the most popular movie with German audiences during the years between 1933 and 1945.
This second colour feature to be made in Germany has been praised by many for it's visual beauty. Filmed on location in Prague, `Die Goldene Stadt' became the most popular movie with German audiences during the years between 1933 and 1945.