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Lissy (film)

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Wikipedia article




'Lissy' is a 1957 East German film directed by Konrad Wolf, based on a novel by Franz Carl Weiskopf. It was released on 30 May 1957.

Plot



Lissy Schroeder, a working-class girl in Berlin, marries Alfred, a clerk. In 1932, Alfred is fired by his Jewish boss. Despite having ties to the Communist party through Lissy's brother Paul, the previously apolitical Alfred joins the Nazi party. After Hitler gains power, Paul is shot by the Nazis, causing Lissy to question the country's and her husband's politics and where her loyalties truly lie.

Cast



* Sonja Sutter as Lissy Schrder / Frohmeyer

* Horst Drinda as Alfred Frohmeyer

* Hans-Peter Minetti as Paul Schrder

* Kurt Oligmller as Kaczmierczik

* Gerhard Bienert as Vater Schrder

* Else Wolz as Mutter Schrder

* Raimund Schelcher as Max Franke

* Christa Gottschalk as Toni Franke

References




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