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Erna, Helmut and the Nazis
Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

Movie·2021·1h 0m

Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

Directed By

Jutta Pinzler

Country

Germany

Language

German

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The Story

Original title: Eine Familie unterm Hakenkreuz

Germany, 1929. Helmut Machemer and Erna Schwalbe fall madly in love and marry in 1932. Everything indicates that a bright future awaits them; but then, in 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rise to power and their lives are suddenly put in danger because of Erna's Jewish ancestry.

Producer

Verena Schwend, Tina Wollenhaupt

Editor

Kevin Löckener

Themes

husband wife relationshipholocaust (shoah)world war iijew persecutionfamily secretsantisemitismthird reich (iii reich 1933-45)racial prejudice1940swar doctorhome moviesnazi germany

Production House

ARTE
Sagamedia
NDR

Audience Score

73%

3 votes

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Timepass20%
Go for it39%
Perfection33%

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Cast

Michaela Kametz

Self - Narrator (voice)

Hans Machemer

Self

Thea Wilmer

Self

Ludger Terliesner

Self

Hermann Krumme

Self

Matthias Kiel

Additional Voice (voice)

Miriam Jansen

Additional Voice (voice)

Uli Auer

Additional Voice (voice)

Claudia Kaffanke

Additional Voice (voice)

Nick Gardiner

Additional Voice (voice)

Helmut Machener

Self (archive footage)

Erna Schwalbe

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Self - Politician (archive footage)

// crew

Crew

Jutta Pinzler

Director

Stephan Sattig

Director

Verena Schwend

Producer

Kevin Löckener

Editor

Tina Wollenhaupt

Producer

Vera Pfeifer

Producer

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