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Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+12)
Critics 81Audiences 69GoodWatch 75
Tomatometer90%
Metascore72
Audience score89%
IMDb7.2
User score4.5
Running time
2 h 5 min
A typical length for dramas, +16 min on the typical 109
typical 109125Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1999
February 11, 1999
27 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryRomanceLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Germany
Golden Globe Awards2000
- Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language2000Nominated
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 24 more50 people
- Maria SchraderFelice Schragenheim (Jaguar)
- Juliane KöhlerLilly Wust (Aimée)
- Johanna WokalekIlse
- Heike MakatschKlärchen
- Elisabeth DegenLotte
- Detlev BuckGünther Wust
- Inge KellerLilly Wust (1997)
- KMKyra MladeckIlse (1997)
- Sarah CampMrs. Kappler
Klaus ManchenMr. Kappler
Margit BendokatMrs. Jäger
Jochen SternWerner Lause
Peter WeckEditor-in-Chief Keller- LDLia DultzkayaHulda
Dani LevyFritz Borchert
Hans-Christoph BlumenbergPhotographer Schmidt- RHRüdiger HackerErnst Biermösel
Rosel ZechBlonde Woman
Ulrich MatthesEckert (SS)
Dorkas KieferTanja
Désirée NickErika (The Friends)
Patrizia MorescoMaria (The Friends)- KFKaren FriesickeMarlene (The Friends)
- FBFelix BoldBernd (The Wust Children)
Directing · 6
- Max Färberböck Director, Screenplay
- Eva-Maria Schönecker First Assistant Director
- Tanja Däberitz Second Assistant Director
- Mariusz Gawryś Second Assistant Director
- Zbigniew Macków Third Assistant Director
- Anette Böck Third Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Rona Munro Screenplay
- Erica Fischer Novel
Production · 9
- Lew Rywin Executive Producer
- Günter Rohrbach Producer
- Hanno Huth Producer
- Risa Kes Casting
- Mathias Schwerbrock Production Manager
- Stefaan Schieder Line Producer
Camera · 1
- Tony Imi Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Barbara Hennings Editor
Sound · 7
- Jan A. P. Kaczmarek Original Music Composer
- Hubert Bartholomae Sound Designer
- Friedrich M. Dosch Sound Designer
- Benjamin Schubert Sound
- Jörn Poetzl Sound Editor
- Michael Kranz Sound Mixer
Art · 4
- Albrecht Konrad Production Design
- Uli Hanisch Art Direction
- George Dean Painter
- Katja Schmidt Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Barbara Baum Costume Design
- Gerlinde Kunz Makeup Artist
- Horst Allert Makeup Artist
- Zygmunt Kaźmierski Hair Designer
- Gerhard Nemetz Makeup Artist
Other crew · 2
- Gerd Grzesczak Stunt Coordinator
- Harry Wiesenhaan Special Effects
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