Aimee & Jaguar ( Aimee and Jaguar )

Aimee & Jaguar (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Aimée & Jaguar
Alternate Title: Aimee and Jaguar
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
121 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Max Färberböck

Written By:
Max Färberböck
Rona Munro

Actors:
Maria Schrader ..... Felice Schragenheim (Jaguar)
Juliane Köhler ..... Lilly Wust (Aimée)
Johanna Wokalek ..... Ilse
Heike Makatsch ..... Klärchen
Elisabeth Degen ..... Lotte
Detlev Buck ..... Günther Wust
Inge Keller ..... Lilly Wust (1997)
Kyra Mladeck ..... Ilse (1997)
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

Synopsis:

It is 1943 as Allied bombs are pelting Berlin and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader) is bringing up four children as her husband Gunther (Detlev Buck) is away fighting the war. Lilly has a few affairs to help with the absence of affection and being a loyal German she has a bust of Hitler prominently displayed in her house. When Lilly receives a love letter form an admirer who signs off as Jaguar she assumes it is from a man but is intrigued when she discovers that Felice Schragenheim (Maria Schrader) a local journalist is initiating the romance, a relationship forbidden in Germany. Awakened to a passion she has never known Lilly falls madly in love with Felice and moves to divorce her husband causing a mad storm of controversy as the relationship is a lesbian affair and Felice is Jewish and works against Germany as a resistance fighter. The two women make a love pact and try to block out the anti-Jewish persecution of the Nazi movement, but their time is running out.

In 1943 Berlin, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women. One of them, Lilly Wust (Juliane Kohler), is married and enjoys the privileges of her stature as an exemplar of Nazi motherhood. For Lilly, this affair will be the most decisive experience of her life. The other woman, is Felice Schragenheim (Maria Schrader), a beautiful Jewish woman who works for a Nazi newspaper under a false name. Their love fuels Felice with the hope that she will survive the Gestapo purges. A half century later, Lilly Wust told her incredible story to writer Erica Fischer, and the book, Aimee & Jaguar immediately became a best seller.

Berlin 1943/44 ('The Battle of Berlin'). Felice, an intelligent and courageous Jewish woman who lives under a false name, belongs to an underground organization. Lilly, a devoted mother of four, though an occasional unfaithful wife, is desperate for love. An unusual and passionate love between them blossoms despite the danger of persecution and nightly bombing raids. The Gestapo is on Felice's trail. Her friends flee, she decides to sit out the war with Lilly. One hot day in August 1944, the Gestapo is waiting in Lilly's flat...

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 18 December, 2011.