Novembermond

original title:
Novembermond
other titles:
Lune de Novembre, November Moon
country / year of production:
Germany , France / 1985
original length:
106 min. , color
premiere:
28 November 1985
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Alexandra von Grote
film script:
Alexandra von Grote
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cast (role):
Denise Boulet , Danièle Delorme , Albert Delpy
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place in the nazi-occupied France and deals with the story of two women. One of them is a jewish German, who escaped to France, the other is french. They fall in love with each other, but their relationship is no longer safe, when the Germans invade France.
keywords:
occupation , women during wartime , Resistance , homosexuality , Holocaust , captivity
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Till Bastian: Homosexuelle im Dritten Reich: Geschichte einer Verfolgung. München: Beck, 2000.

Claudia Schoppmann: Zeit der Maskierung: Lebensgeschichten lesbischer Frauen im "Dritten Reich". Frankfurt am Main: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, 1998.

Burkhard Jellonnek: Homosexuelle unter dem Hakenkreuz: Die Verfolgung von Homosexuellen im Dritten Reich. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1990.
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availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD