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Based on a true story and adapted from the novel by Hans Schweikart, this fiction feature marks the German cinema's first attempt to address antisemitism and the Holocaust. (NCJF)
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Das Schicksal des bekannten Bühnen- und Filmschauspielers Joachim Gottschalk: Seine Frau war Jüdin. Die Nazis verlangten von ihm die Scheidung. In dieser ausweglosen Lage wählten beide für sich und ihren Sohn den Freitod. Der Film variiert diese wahre Geschichte und konfrontiert die deutschen Zuschauer erstmals nach dem Krieg mit dem Thema Antisemitismus. (TMDB)
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Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin. Confident in her career, Elisabeth, who is Jewish, ignores the advice of a colleague to leave Germany in the face of increasing anti-Semitism. Believing that he can protect her if she becomes his wife, Hans convinces Elisabeth to marry him. In the following years, as Hans's career thrives, Elisabeth awaits the end of the Nazi terror which bars her from public life. When the situation worsens in 1938 with the Kristallnacht pogrom, Elisabeth decides to leave the country, but Hans, who still believes he can protect her, convinces her to stay with him. (TMDB)
