The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
Germany, 1929. Helmut Machemer and Erna Schwalbe fall madly in love and marry in 1932. Everything indicates that a bright future awaits them; but then, in 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rise to power and their lives are suddenly put in danger because of Erna's Jewish ancestry.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Jutta PinzlerDirector
- Stephan SattigDirector
Cast
- Michaela KametzSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Hans MachemerSelf
- Thea WilmerSelf
- Ludger TerliesnerSelf
- Hermann KrummeSelf
- Matthias KielAdditional Voice (voice)
- Miriam JansenAdditional Voice (voice)
- Uli AuerAdditional Voice (voice)
- Claudia KaffankeAdditional Voice (voice)
- Nick GardinerAdditional Voice (voice)
- Helmut MachenerSelf (archive footage)
- Erna SchwalbeSelf (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
husband wife relationshipholocaust (shoah)world war iijew persecutionfamily secretsantisemitismthird reich (iii reich 1933-45)racial prejudice1940swar doctorhome moviesnazi germany