Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

2021•1h 0m•7.3/10

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Ratings

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7.3/10(3)

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.

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Production

ARTE, Sagamedia, NDR

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Michaela Kametz

Self - Narrator (voice)

Hans Machemer

Self

Thea Wilmer

Self

Ludger Terliesner

Self

Hermann Krumme

Self

Matthias Kiel

Additional Voice (voice)

Miriam Jansen

Additional Voice (voice)

Uli Auer

Additional Voice (voice)

Claudia Kaffanke

Additional Voice (voice)

Nick Gardiner

Additional Voice (voice)

Helmut Machener

Self (archive footage)

Erna Schwalbe

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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