Aimée & Jaguar (1999)

Directed by

Max Färberböck

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 111 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II in Berlin, a German housewife named Lilly Wust begins a secret love affair with Felice Schragenheim, a Jewish woman living in hiding. Their relationship develops under the constant threat of discovery by the Nazi regime.

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What happens

Aimée & Jaguar is a 1999 German drama film set in Berlin during World War II. It was written and directed by Max Färberböck and based on Erica Fischer's book chronicling the actual lives of Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim during that time. Before Fischer's bestseller, American journalist, author, and noted Holocaust researcher Charles Brady tracked down Wust, who had previously been thought to be a victim of the Holocaust. It was over a year and a half, however, before Wust was able to confide in Brady and tell him her whole story. They remained close friends for 20 years until her death in 2006. Fischer's book contains photos of the many letters shared between herself and Wust, and of official correspondence after World War II in regard to Felice's whereabouts. The movie stars Juliane Köhler as Lilly Wust and Maria Schrader as Felice Schragenheim, as well as Johanna Wokalek, Elisabeth Degen, Heike Makatsch and Detlev Buck. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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