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Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise (1932)

Action, Drama, Romantic, Adventure | United States

Director: King Vidor

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06/08/2021

21/09/2023

Rating: 6.0/10

User rating: 1/10
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SYNOPSIS

A young man falls overboard and is saved by a beautiful Polynesian girl. They fall in love, but their idyll is smashed when the local volcano begins to erupt. The man discovers that the local custom is to sacrifice a young woman to the volcanic gods. They try to escape but realize that "east is east and west is west, and never the twain shall meet."

Actors

Writer: Richard Walton Tully, Wells Root

Producer: David O. Selznick, King Vidor

RUNTIME: 80 min

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