A bold, remarkable film that's both a wrenching real-life wartime romance and a powerful evocation of Berlin during the Allied bombing, told entirely from a German perspective. It's 1943, and Felice Schragenheim (Maria Schrader) is playing a dangerous game:
Choosing to remain in Nazi Germany even though she's both Jewish
and gay, Felice works for the Goebbels-quoting editor-in-chief of a Nazi newspaper (Peter Weck), transcribing anti-Semitic editorials by day and penning Sapphic love poems, which she signs "Jaguar," during her break. By night,
Felice and her girlfriends risk their lives smuggling concentration camp transport lists and counterfeit passports t...
Released:
1999
Rated:
NR
Length:
126 mins