Love Story


48m 1997

Brief Synopsis

The true story of an unlikely lesbian love affair in wartime Nazi Germany between model Aryan housfrau, Lilly Wust--the wife of a low-ranking German official and mother of four--and spirited, 21-year-old Felice Schragenheim, who, unbeknownst to Lilly, was hiding her Jewish identity with false identi

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Production Company
BBC (Main Listing); Bbc Films

Technical Specs

Duration
48m

Synopsis

The true story of an unlikely lesbian love affair in wartime Nazi Germany between model Aryan housfrau, Lilly Wust--the wife of a low-ranking German official and mother of four--and spirited, 21-year-old Felice Schragenheim, who, unbeknownst to Lilly, was hiding her Jewish identity with false identification papers--while operating with the underground Jewish resistance.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1997
Production Company
BBC (Main Listing); Bbc Films

Technical Specs

Duration
48m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1997

Released in United States January 2000

Released in United States July 1999

Released in United States June 1997

Released in United States June 1998

Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 5-15, 1997.

Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 13-24, 2000.

Shown at OUTFEST '99: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 8-19, 1999.

Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 13-24, 2000.)

Released in United States 1997

videotape

Broadcast in United Kingdom over BBC 1997.

Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim's story is also the basis for director Max Faerberboeck's "Aimee & Jaguar" (Germany/1998).

Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 18-28, 1998.

Released in United States July 1999 (Shown at OUTFEST '99: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 8-19, 1999.)

Released in United States June 1998 (Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival June 18-28, 1998.)

Released in United States June 1997 (Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 5-15, 1997.)