Marriage in the Shadows (1947)

Plot Summary

Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin. Confident in her career, Elisabeth, who is Jewish, ignores the advice of a colleague to leave Germany in the face of increasing anti-Semitism. Believing that he can protect her if she becomes his wife, Hans convinces Elisabeth to marry him. In the following years, as Hans's career thrives, Elisabeth awaits the end of the Nazi terror which bars her from public life. When the situation worsens in 1938 with the Kristallnacht pogrom, Elisabeth decides to leave the country, but Hans, who still believes he can protect her, convinces her to stay with him.

Full Cast & Characters

Paul Klinger

Hans Wieland

Ilse Steppat

Elisabeth

Claus Holm

Dr. Herbert Blohm

Alfred Balthoff

Kurt Bernstein

Hans Leibelt

Fehrenbach

Karl Hellmer

Gallenkamp

Hilde von Stolz

Greta Koch

Willy Prager

Lothar Firmans

Walter Werner

Alfred Maack

Knut Hartwig

Director & Crew

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