Charlotte

Feb 26, 1981

1h 36m

★ 0.0

Overview

In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Cineteam Features

Concorde Film Produkte

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Cast

Charlotte Salomon

Birgit Doll

Paulinka

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Grandma

Brigitte Horney

Albert

Max Croiset

Grandfather

Peter Capell

Daberlohn

Derek Jacobi

Frits Blech

Peter Faber

Mrs. Schwartz

Maria Machado

Mukki

Shireen Strooker

Teacher

Patricia Hodge

Mrs. Morgan

Yoka Berretty

Magda

Irene Jarosch

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