Moffengriet - love does what it wants
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| Original title | Moffengriet - love does what it wants |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Eberhard Itzenplitz |
| script | Raimund Weber |
| camera | Wolfgang Treu |
| cut | Gabriele Probst |
| occupation | |
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Moffengriet - Love does what it wants is a German TV film from 1990 .
action
In 1943 , a young Dutch woman Tiny, the daughter of a meat wholesaler, falls in love with the German occupation soldier Bernd and thus attracts the contempt of her fellow citizens. Love grows out of the acquaintance and this is not hidden. Tiny confesses to Bernd - against the concerns of the mother, against the contempt of the neighbors, against the opposition of the pastor, but immediately Bernd is assigned to Italy. When the Netherlands was liberated by the Americans in 1945 , the hair of women who had a relationship with Germans ( these women are called Moffengrieten ) were shaved. Tiny is also affected ...
Reviews
The catholic portal for cinema, film culture and film criticism Filmdienst writes: "A television film that opens a very personal chapter from the time of the Second World War, that describes the division of families and friends and that happened in this way or similar in all occupied countries."
Historical background
The word Mof (in the plural moffen) is a derogatory term for a German in Dutch . The word was mainly used since the beginning of the German occupation of the Netherlands and was a synonym for "Nazi" during this time. Accordingly, a local woman who got involved with a German soldier during the occupation was called moffenmeid , moffenhoer or moffengriet .
Web links
- Moffengriet - Love does what she wants in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moffengriet - Love does what it wants ... In: filmdienst.de. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .