Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

Apr 29, 2021

1h 0m

★ 7.3

Overview

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.

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Documentary

History

TV Movie

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ARTE

Sagamedia

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Michaela Kametz

Self

Hans Machemer

Self

Thea Wilmer

Self

Ludger Terliesner

Self

Hermann Krumme

Additional Voice (voice)

Matthias Kiel

Additional Voice (voice)

Miriam Jansen

Additional Voice (voice)

Uli Auer

Additional Voice (voice)

Claudia Kaffanke

Additional Voice (voice)

Nick Gardiner

Self (archive footage)

Helmut Machener

Self (archive footage)

Erna Schwalbe

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