Bibliograph

Marriage in the shadows, Ehe im Schatten

Type

Label

Marriage in the shadows, Ehe im Schatten

Language

ger

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Marriage in the shadows

Oclc number

897773883

resource.otherEventInformation

Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1947

Runtime

130

Sub title

Ehe im Schatten

Summary

The first German feature film to explicitly address the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany, Marriage in the shadows called on Germans to accept collective responsibility for the crimes of the Third Reich. Stylistically, the production, in which many former Ufa artists were involved, blends classic melodrama in the Ufa style with documentary glimpses into life in Berlin under the Nazis. Shown in all four sectors of occupied Berlin and across Germany, the initial release of the film reached 10 million viewers. It premiered in the US at New York's Little Met Theater on September 16, 1948.

Technique

live action

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