Aimée & Jaguar

original title:
Aimée & Jaguar
country / year of production:
Germany / 1998
original length:
126 min. , black/white
premiere:
11 February 1999, Berlin International Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Erica Fischer. Aimee und Jaguar. Eine Frauenliebe, Berlin 1943. München: DTV, 1998. 313 p.
director:
Max Färberböck
film script:
Max Färberböck , Erica Fischer , Rona Munro
producer:
Hanno Huth , Günter Rohrbach
cinematographer:
Tony Imi
editor:
Barbara Hennings
composer:
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
cast (role):
Maria Schrader (Felice Schragenheim (Jaguar)) , Juliane Köhler (Lilly Wüst (Aimée)) , Johanna Wokalek (Ilse) , Heike Makatsch (Klärchen) , Detlev Buck (Günther Wüst) , Maria Schrader , Juliane Köhler , Johanna Wokalek , Heike Makatsch , Detlev Buck
more:
plot synopsis:
Love story of house wife Lilly Wüst and the young Jewish girl Felice Schragenheim in Berlin in the year 1943. For while Lilly, a nazi-fellower and holder of the mother cross, can outlive her love. But in the end, the Gestapo discovers the secret of the two women and therefore deports Felice to Theresienstadt.
keywords:
fascism , journalism , women during wartime , resistance, opposition , home front
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Burkhard Jellonnek (Hrsg.): Nationalsozialistischer Terror gegen Homosexuelle: Verdrängt und ungesühnt. Paderborn: Schöningh, 2002. ISBN: 3-506-74204-3
remarks:
Two leading actresses won the "German Film Award in Gold" and the "Silver Berlin Bear" at the Berlin film Festival in 1999. Together with their director they were also awarded the "Bavarian Film Award" the same year.
availability:
VHS, DVD