Marriage in the Shadows
7.3
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.
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Cast
15 people
Paul Klinger
Hans Wieland
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Ilse Steppat
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Kurt Bernstein
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Kurt Maetzig Director · Hans Schweikart Author Wolfgang Zeller Composer
Director Writer
Kurt Maetzig
Author
Hans Schweikart
Composer
Wolfgang Zeller
Cinematographer
Friedl Behn-Grund
Cinematographer
Eugen Klagemann
Editor
Alice Ludwig
Editor
Hermann Ludwig
Production designer
Otto Erdmann
Production designer
Kurt Herlth
Production designer
Franz F. Fürst
Costume designer
Gertraud Recke
First release October 3, 1947 · Produced in Germany · Original title Ehe im Schatten
Production
DEFA
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Ehe im Schatten
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 3, 1947
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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