The Aryan Couple (2004)

Directed by

John Daly

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1944, a wealthy Jewish Hungarian industrialist is forced to give his business and valuables to the Nazis in exchange for his family's escape from the Third Reich. The story follows his difficult decision and its consequences.

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What happens

The Aryan Couple, released on home video in the U.S. as The Couple, is a 2004 Anglo-American drama film directed by John Daly for Atlantic Film Productions. The film's story line is set in 1944, during World War II, and is about a Jewish Hungarian industrialist who, in order to ensure his large family's safe passage out of the Third Reich, is forced to hand over his business and his enormously valuable possessions to the Nazis. The plot is loosely based on the life events of Hungarian Jewish industrialist Manfred Weiss and his Manfréd Weiss Steel and Metal Works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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