Romy and Magda Schneider: Mother - Daughter - Rivals?

Dec 28, 2025

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Overview

New light is shed on the complex relationship between Romy Schneider and her mother Magda, a German film star of the 1930s admired by Hitler - who welcomed her and her daughter to his chalet in Berchtesgaden.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

ZDF/Arte

IFAGE Filmproduktion

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Cast

Narrator (voice over)

Heiko Grauel

Self (archive footage)

Magda Schneider

Self (archive footage)

Romy Schneider

Self : Author & Romy Schneider's Biographer

Thilo Wydra

Self : Magda Schneider's Friend

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