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Marriage in the Shadows

71 %|Oct 3, 1947|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Kurt Maetzig
Director
Kurt Maetzig
Writer
Alice Ludwig
Editor
Hermann Ludwig
Editor
Friedl Behn-Grund
Director of Photography
Eugen Klagemann
Director of Photography
Hans Schweikart
Novel
Georg Kiaup
Producer