Erna, Helmut and the Nazis (2021)
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.
Directors: Jutta Pinzler, Stephan Sattig.
https://www.sagamedia.de/en/productions/documentary-films/a-family-under-the-shadow-of-the-swastika
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Michaela Kametz as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Hans Machemer as Self |
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Thea Wilmer as Self |
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Ludger Terliesner as Self |
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Hermann Krumme as Self |
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Matthias Kiel as Additional Voice (voice) |
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Miriam Jansen as Additional Voice (voice) |
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Uli Auer as Additional Voice (voice) |
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Claudia Kaffanke as Additional Voice (voice) |
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Nick Gardiner as Additional Voice (voice) |
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Helmut Machener as Self (archive footage) |
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Erna Schwalbe as Self (archive footage) |
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Adolf Hitler as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Hermann Göring as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Directing | Jutta Pinzler | Director |
| Directing | Stephan Sattig | Director |
| Camera | Yves Maurice Itzek | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jens Lindemann | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Peter Gottschalk | Commissioning Editor |
| Camera | Patrick Penkert | Camera Operator |
| Art | Jörn Radel | Graphic Designer |
| Production | Verena Schwend | Producer |
| Crew | Johannes Hürter | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Melanie Clausen | Production Manager |
| Sound | Erasmus Ruppert | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Kevin Löckener | Editor |
| Production | Tina Wollenhaupt | Producer |
| Crew | Juliane Kirchberger | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Ulrike Dotzer | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Vera Pfeifer | Producer |
| Directing | Christian Schmeink | Co-Director |