The invisible - we want to live

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Movie
Original title The invisible - we want to live
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2017
length 110 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 10
Rod
Director Claus Räfle
script Claus Räfle,
Alejandra López
production Claus Räfle,
Frank Evers
music Matthias Klein
camera Jörg Widmer
cut Jörg Hauschild ,
Julia Oehring
occupation

The Invisible - We want to live is a German docu-drama by Claus Räfle from  2017 . The only partially documentary feature film deals with the hiding of Jews in Berlin against the background of the persecution of Jews during the Second World War . The main roles are played by Max Mauff , Alice Dwyer , Ruby O. Fee and Aaron Altaras .

action

The game scenes, which are based on real events and experiences of the four role models of the film characters, alternate with detailed interviews with contemporary witnesses who are still alive . The Jewish teenagers Cioma Schönhaus , Hanni Lévy , Ruth Arndt-Gumpel and Eugen Friede manage to become somewhat invisible in the middle of the strongest waves of arrests against Jews in the capital of Berlin . Schönhaus, actually a graphic artist, secretly forges passports for Jews and can save so many lives. Hanni Lévy tries to pass as an Aryan with bleached hair ; she repeatedly finds supporters by chance. Eugen Friede lives with a German family, wears a Hitler Youth uniform and helps the resistance group Community for Peace and Reconstruction . Ruth Arndt-Gumpel disguises herself as a war widow and serves as a housekeeper to Nazi officers black market delicacies.

production

The script for the film was written by director Claus Räfle together with Alejandra López .

The shooting ran from March 30 to May 4, 2016 in Berlin , North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony . In Lower Saxony, some scenes were filmed in Bückeburg Castle . The not very spacious chambers under the roof of the palace served as a backdrop for the hiding places of the "invisible" in Berlin attics.

The film, which is distributed by Tobis Film , celebrated its premiere in Berlin on October 10, 2017 and was released in cinemas across Germany on October 26, 2017.

For the actor Andreas Schmidt , who embodies Hans Winkler in the film, The Invisible - We Want to Live was the last role before his death on September 28, 2017.

background

The hiding of Jewish residents before the Nazis' persecution of the Jews within their own hometown was extremely risky. The dangerous situation of the rescuers is also shown . Without shelter, Jews could hardly hide for long. Luggage carried along would arouse suspicion during controls. Missing papers led to the arrest. Some of the people in hiding, also known as “illegals” or “submarines”, were able to coordinate with helpers, some found rescuers by chance, others had a small network that kept providing shelter and food for a long time.

criticism

The film service judged: " The film cleverly combines eyewitness interviews with exciting re-enactments, with the survivors turning out to be gifted narrators whose memories are staged". The “characters created by the actors” would “stimulate comparison with the real role models in an attractive way”.

See also

literature

  • Eugen Herman-Friede: Submerged! As a submarine in the resistance. Factual novel. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim, 2004. ISBN 978-3-8369-5241-5 .
  • Cioma Schönhaus: The passport forger. The incredible story of a young graphic artist who fought underground against the Nazis . Edited by Marion Neiss. Scherz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-502-15688-3 . (Elke Schubert: Geretteter Retter. Book review in Die Zeit , No. 42/2004 of October 7, 2004)
  • Barbara Lovenheim: Survival in secret - seven Jews in Berlin. Siedler Verlag, 2002 (including Ruth Arndt-Gumpel)
  • Claus Räfle: The Invisible - Submerge to Survive. A true story. Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag, 2017
  • Susanne Beer: The banality of the good. Assistance for persecuted Jews 1941–1945 . Metropol , Berlin 2018. ISBN 978-3-86331-396-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for The Invisible - We want to live . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Age rating for The Invisible - We want to live . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ "Tobis Film" brings "The Invisible" to the cinema: filming in Wuppertal. Wuppertaler Rundschau , May 1, 2016, accessed on October 18, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Castle as a film set - shooting for "The Invisible". Schaumburger Nachrichten , May 2, 2016, accessed on October 18, 2017 .
  5. ↑ The Invisible - We want to live. In: filmdienst.de. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .