Marriage in the Shadows

Marriage in the Shadows — Plot

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.

• Release date
• October 3, 1947
• Runtime
• 99 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Kurt Maetzig

Marriage in the Shadows — Cast

Paul Klinger Hans Wieland Ilse Steppat Elisabeth Claus Holm Dr. Herbert Blohm Alfred Balthoff Kurt Bernstein Hans Leibelt Fehrenbach Karl Hellmer Gallenkamp Hilde von Stolz Greta Koch Willy Prager