Marriage in the Shadows

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Paul Klinger

Hans Wieland

Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Ilse Steppat

Elisabeth

Age : 52 | Popularity : 8%

Claus Holm

Dr. Herbert Blohm

Age : 78 | Popularity : 7%

Alfred Balthoff

Kurt Bernstein

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Hans Leibelt

Fehrenbach

Age : 89 | Popularity : 5%

Karl Hellmer

Gallenkamp

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Hilde von Stolz

Greta Koch

Age : 70 | Popularity : 3%

Willy Prager

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Wolfgang Zeller
	Sound	Karl Tramburg
Camera	Director of Photography	Friedl Behn-Grund Eugen Klagemann
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Gertraud Recke
Directing	Director	Kurt Maetzig
	Assistant Director	Zlata Mehlers
Writing	Writer	Kurt Maetzig
	Novel	Hans Schweikart
Editing	Editor	Alice Ludwig Hermann Ludwig
Art	Production Design	Otto Erdmann Kurt Herlth Franz F. Fürst
	Art Direction	Kurt Herlth
Production	Producer	Georg Kiaup
Department	Role	Name

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