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The Fiancee (1980)

The Fiancee poster
Original title
Die Verlobte
Directed by
Günther Rücker, Günter Reisch
Genre
drama film
Country
German Democratic Republic, Germany
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
12
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A communist woman and her fiance resist the Nazis. The film follows their struggle and dedication to their cause.

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What happens

The Fiancee (German: Die Verlobte) is a 1980 East German drama film directed by Günter Reisch and Günther Rücker and based on a novel by Eva Lippold. The film is about the resistance of the communist Hella Lindau (Jutta Wachowiak) and her fiancé Hermann Reimers (Regimantas Adomaitis) against the Nazis. The film won the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It was also chosen as East Germany's official submission to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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