Die Unsichtbaren (2017)

Four young Jews survive the Third Reich in the middle of Berlin by living so recklessly that they become "invisible."

Director:

Claus Räfle

Writers:

Claus Räfle (screenplay), Alejandra López (screenplay)

Stars:

Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Max Mauff	...	Cioma Schönhaus
Alice Dwyer	...	Hanni Lévy
Ruby O. Fee	...	Ruth Arndt
Aaron Altaras	...	Eugen Friede
Victoria Schulz	...	Ellen Lewinsky
Florian Lukas	...	Werner Scharff
Andreas Schmidt	...	Hans Winkler
Sergej Moya	...	Ludwig Lichtwitz
Lucas Reiber	...	Jochen Arndt
Rick Okon	...	Bruno Gumpel
Robert Hunger-Bühler	...	Dr. Franz Kaufmann
Maren Eggert	...	Helene Jacobs
Steffi Kühnert	...	Frau Gehre
Swetlana Schönfeld	...	Frau Schirrmacher
Naomi Krauss	...	Viktoria Kolzer

Storyline

Berlin, February 1943: The NS regime declares the Reich's capital "free of Jews." At this point in time, 7000 Jews have succeeded in going underground. Almost 1700 will survive the horrors of the war in Berlin. The Invisibles tells the stories of four of these contemporary witnesses. Hanni Lévy, who has just turned 17, has lost both of her parents. Thanks to her dyed, blonde hair, she is practically invisible to her pursuers, and strolls along the Ku'damm to pass the time away. Cioma Schönhaus has also gone underground and leads an adventurous life that consists of buying a sailboat, dining in Berlin's best restaurants, and becoming a forger of passports, through which he saves the lives of dozens of other Jews. And while Eugen Friede joins a resistance group that distributes anti government leaflets, Ruth Arndt and a friend dream about life in America during the daytime; at night, she pretends to be a war widow and serves black-market gourmet foods in the apartment of an NS officer. ...

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Plot Keywords:

reenactment | interview | shoah | courage | resistance | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

26 October 2017 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Die Unsichtbaren - Wir wollen leben

Filming Locations:

Wrisbergholzen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Look! Filmproduktion,Cineplus,Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color Black and White (archive footage)

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Smile
Performed by Steve Martin, Henrik Wikström (as Henrik Wikstrom)

User Reviews

Focus on the positive

A drama that seamlessly combines interviews with the last living jewish eyewitnesses with recreated film scenes of berlin in the year 1943. In fact this might be one of the last movies with actual contemporary witnesses. Under the many films that cover the holocaust of the jews and more specific the time when jewish people had to live in the shadows, this film is special because the stories of the contemporary witnesses are so moving and astonishing thrilling. A very moving feature with a focus on positive aspects and some of the last good people in the third Reich.