2 hr 5 mins IMDB 7.3

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Drama, Romance, War

Maria Schrader	Felice Schragenheim
Juliane Köhler	Lilly Wust
Johanna Wokalek	Ilse
Heike Makatsch	Klärchen
Elisabeth Degen	Lotte
Detlev Buck	Günther Wust
Inge Keller	Lilly Wust
Kyra Mladeck	Ilse
Sarah Camp	Frau Kappler
Klaus Manchen	Herr Kappler
Margit Bendokat	Frau Jäger
Jochen Stern	Werner Lause
Peter Weck	Chefredakteur Keller
Lia Dultzkaya	Hulda
Dani Levy	Fritz Borchert
Hans-Christoph Blumenberg	Fotograf Schmidt
Rüdiger Hacker	Ernst Biermösel
Rosel Zech	Blonde Frau
Ulrich Matthes	Eckert
Dorkas Kiefer	Tanja
Michael Degen
K

Director	Max Färberböck; F
Producer	Hanno Huth; Feliks Pastusiak; Günter Rohrbach; Lew Rywin; Stefaan Schieder
Writer	Max Färberböck; Erica Fischer; Rona Munro

At gay and lesbian film festivals, the audience tend to be gender segregated: gay men go to gay movies, lesbians go to lesbian movies. This is probably only natural - much of the point of going to these festivals is to see movies that never go to ordinary cinemas since straights don't manage to enjoy other kinds of relationships than their own...

I tend to have a strong need to understand the main characters in the movies I watch. The reason why I do not understand the actions of the characters in this movie (Aimée & Jaguar), may be as simple as this: they are lesbian, I am gay.

However, I always have problems understanding self-destructive behaviour, no matter the sexual orientation - so that excuse for the movie may not be strong enough.

Anyway, I do see the attractions of this movie. It is a story of strong emotions, taking place at a tremendously stressing and turbulent time (Berlin WW2). The actresses are even beautiful. Too bad (for me) that in the end I can't stand the main protagonists. (And the end is long in the waiting, by the way.)