In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.
Acting
Köhler and Schrader's chemistry could power Berlin.
Production
Bomb-scarred Berlin recreated with suffocating authenticity.
Director
Max Färberböck
Maria Schrader
Felice Schragenheim (Jaguar)
Juliane Köhler
Lilly Wust (Aimée)
Johanna Wokalek
Ilse
Heike Makatsch
Klärchen
Elisabeth Degen
Lotte
Detlev Buck
Günther Wust
Inge Keller
Lilly Wust (1997)
Sarah Camp
Mrs. Kappler
Klaus Manchen
Mr. Kappler
Margit Bendokat
Mrs. Jäger
Jochen Stern
Werner Lause
Peter Weck
Editor-in-Chief Keller
Dani Levy
Fritz Borchert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Lilly Wust was still alive during filming and visited the set; she died in 2006, having never remarried.
This was one of the first German films to center a lesbian Holocaust story, predating the memorialization of queer victims by years.
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