A story about the rise of Nazism based on a novel by a German-Jewish author who managed to survive by fleeing to the USA. The movie focuses on working class Berliner Lissy Schroeder who marries clerk Alfred Frohmeyer believing he can provide her with a better life. In 1932, however, his Jewish boss fires him. So Alfred turns to the Nazis, quickly rising in the SA, and acquiring wealth along the way. Lissy, however, discovers there is, as always, a price. The Nazis shoot her brother, a former Communist. And her parents and friends shun her. What is she to do? |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.9/10 | |
Released: | May 30, 1957 | |
Runtime: | 89 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | DEFA | |
Cast: | Horst Drinda Hans-Peter Minetti Sonja Sutter Kurt Oligmüller | |
Crew: | Konrad Wolf Hans-Joachim Wallstein Alex Wedding F.C. Weiskopf | |
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