Marriage in the Shadows

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.

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

99 minutes

Year:

1947

Director:

Kurt Maetzig

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Company:

DEFA

Cast:

Hans Wieland

Elisabeth

Dr. Herbert Blohm

Kurt Bernstein

Fehrenbach

Crew:

Director

Editor

Editor

Writer

Director of Photography