Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Yuliya Vysotskaya | ... | Olga | |
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Christian Clauss | ... | Khelmut (as Kristian Klaus) |
Philippe Duquesne | ... | Zhyul (as Filipp Dyuken) | |
Vera Voronkova | ... | Roza | |
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Jakob Diehl | ... | Fogel (as Yakov Dil) |
Peter Kurth | ... | Obersturmbannführer Hans Krause (as Peter Kurt) | |
Viktor Sukhorukov | ... | Heinrich Himmler | |
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Pyotr Mikhalkov | ... | Emile |
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Isabelle Habiague | ... | Agnès |
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Valérie Zaccomer | ... | Thérèse |
Pierre Nisse | ... | Théo | |
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Hans-Heinrich Hardt | ... | Majordomo |
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Jacob Manevich | ... | Janik |
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Daniel Tkachev | ... | Danik |
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Philipp Basener | ... | Knut |
Feature film about three people whose paths cross during a terrible time of war: Olga, a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French Resistance; Jules, a French collaborator; and Helmut, a high-ranking German SS officer. Olga is arrested for hiding Jewish children during a raid. Her case is investigated by Jules who, attracted to her, offers to be soft on her if she'll sleep with him. But his intentions are cut short when he is killed by Resistance fighters. Olga is put into a concentration camp where she encounters Helmut who was once madly in love with her and still harbours feelings for her. Together they embark on a twisted and destructive relationship. As the Nazis face imminent defeat, Helmut decides to save Olga and escape with her to South America. Although she initially agrees to go with him, at the last moment she changes her mind. Prepared to die for her beliefs - the idea that all lives have a purpose and that even in the direst circumstances, people are capable... Written by Andrei Konchalovsky Studios
A metaphor of where our decisions and acts may take us: remembered for the good things we've done (in the Paradise) or totally forgotten.