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(out of 5)
Excellent true-life drama about a bored, bourgeois housewife who falls in love with a dangerously adventurous Jewish spy in Nazi-occupied Berlin. Nicknaming themselves Aimee (the housewife) and Jaguar (the spy), the two women find themselves faced with many challenges, none of which are hard to figure out. Considering that Jaguar has the nerves to work for a Nazi newspaper while secretly going to lengths to procure exit visas for all those in need of them, the obstacles she encounters are mammoth. The cinematography is breathtaking, one of the most convincing recreation of period that I’ve ever seen on film.
Senator Film Produktion, Max Farberbock Film, Bundesministerium des Inneren, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderung Hamburg, Filmförderungsanstalt, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Directed by Max Farberbock
Screenplay by Max Farberbock, Rona Munro
Cinematography by Tony Imi
Produced by Hanno Huth, Günter Rohrbach
Music by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Production Design by Albrecht Konrad
Costume Design by Barbara Baum
Film Editing by Barbara Hennings
Golden Globe Award Nomination
Best Foreign Language Film (Germany)
