(Ehe im Schatten)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Germany

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

99 minutes

Year:

1947

Directors:

Kurt Maetzig

Production companies:

DEFA

Actors:

Hans Wieland

Elisabeth

Dr. Herbert Blohm

Kurt Bernstein

Fehrenbach

Crews:

Director

Writer

Editor

Editor

Director of Photography