A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 3, 1947
Original Title:
Ehe im Schatten
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
DEFA
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12
Runtime: 99
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.
Art Direction:
Kurt Herlth
Assistant Director:
Zlata Mehlers
Costume Design:
Gertraud Recke
Director:
Kurt Maetzig
Director of Photography:
Friedl Behn-Grund
Eugen Klagemann
Editor:
Alice Ludwig
Hermann Ludwig
Novel:
Hans Schweikart
Original Music Composer:
Wolfgang Zeller
Producer:
Georg Kiaup
Production Design:
Otto Erdmann
Franz F. Fürst
Kurt Herlth
Sound:
Karl Tramburg
Writer:
Kurt Maetzig
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