Summary A story about the rise of Nazism based on a novel by a German-Jewish author who managed to survive by fleeing to the USA. The movie focuses on working class Berliner Lissy Schroeder who marries clerk Alfred Frohmeyer believing he can provide her with a better life. In 1932, however, his Jewish boss fires him. So Alfred turns to the Nazis, quickly rising in the SA, and acquiring wealth along the way. Lissy, however, discovers there is, as always, a price. The Nazis shoot her brother, a former Communist. And her parents and friends shun her. What is she to do? View more details
Directed : Konrad Wolf
Written : Hans-Joachim Wallstein Alex Wedding F.C. Weiskopf
Stars : Horst Drinda Hans-Peter Minetti Raimund Schelcher Sonja Sutter
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 29, 1957
Countries of origin : East Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Berlin, Germany
Production companies : DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Summary A story about the rise of Nazism based on a novel by a German-Jewish author who managed to survive by fleeing to the USA. The movie focuses on working class Berliner Lissy Schroeder who marries clerk Alfred Frohmeyer believing he can provide her with a better life. In 1932, however, his Jewish boss fires him. So Alfred turns to the Nazis, quickly rising in the SA, and acquiring wealth along the way. Lissy, however, discovers there is, as always, a price. The Nazis shoot her brother, a former Communist. And her parents and friends shun her. What is she to do? View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 29, 1957
Countries of origin : East Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Berlin, Germany
Production companies : DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
