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Marriage in the Shadows (German: Ehe im Schatten) is 1947 German melodrama film directed by Kurt Maetzig and starring Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat and Alfred Balthoff. It was produced in the Soviet zone in what later became East Germany and was released by DEFA.
Marriage in the Shadows: Directed by Kurt Maetzig. With Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat, Alfred Balthoff, Claus Holm. In Nazi Germany actor Hans refuses to divorce his Jewish wife Elisabeth. He is threatened to be drafted and sent to the front while she will be deported to a concentration camp.
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- Drama
- Kurt Maetzig
- 1948-06-11
Directed by Kurt Maetzig. 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.
- Kurt Maetzig
- DEFA
Dec 4, 2021 · Marriage in the Shadows is dedicated to the German film star Joachim Gottschalk, who committed suicide with his Jewish wife and 9-year-old son in November 1941. Meta Wolf had been a successful young actress when the couple married in 1930.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. This German wartime drama was based on a novel by Hans Scheikart. Set in Berlin in the years between 1933 and 1943, the film relates the tragic story of a "forbidden" marriage between German actor Hans Wieland (Paul Klinger) and his Jewish wife Elizabeth (Ilse Steppat).
- Kurt Maetzig
The film spans a ten-year period starting in 1933. Celebrated German film and theater actor Hans Wieland marries the Jewish actress Elisabeth Maurer. As Nazi anti-Semitic policies increasingly infringe on their lives, they struggle to survive.
Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Marriage in the Shadows is modeled after the tragic true story of Meta and Joachim Gottschalk. In the film, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin; Elisabeth in particular is adored by the public.
