Charlotte (1981)

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97 min - Biography | Drama | War - 26 February 1981 (Netherlands)

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	Birgit Doll	...	Charlotte Salomon
	Elisabeth Trissenaar	...	Paulinka
	Brigitte Horney	...	Grandma
	Max Croiset	...	Albert
	Peter Capell	...	Grandfather
	Derek Jacobi	...	Daberlohn
	Buddy Elias	...	Herr Schwartz
	Peter Faber	...	Frits Blech
	Eric Vaessen	...	Herr Deutscher
	Maria Machado	...	Frau Schwartz
	Shireen Strooker	...	Mukki
	Lous Hensen	...	Frau Deutscher
	Yoka Berretty	...	Frau Morgan
	Patricia Hodge	...	Teacher
	Irene Jarosch	...	Magda

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In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over 1,000 images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz. Written by Gonz30

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