Aimée & Jaguar
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| Directed by | Max Färberböck |
| Produced by |
Hanno Huth Günter Rohrbach Lew Rywin |
| Written by |
Max Färberböck Erica Fischer (book) Rona Munro |
| Starring |
Maria Schrader Juliane Köhler |
| Music by | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
| Cinematography | Tony Imi |
| Edited by | Barbara Hennings |
| Distributed by | Senator Film |
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125 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Aimée & Jaguar is a 1999 German drama film set in Berlin during World War II. It was written and directed by Max Färberböck, based upon Erica Fischer's book, chronicling the actual lives of Lilly Wust and Felice Schragenheim during that time. Before Erica Fischer's bestseller, Lilly Wust was tracked down by the American journalist, author, and noted Holocaust researcher, Charles Brady who considered Lilly Wust a Holocaust victim. It was over a year and a half, however, before Wust was able to confide in Brady and tell him her whole story. They remained close friends for 20 years until her death in 2006.
Fischer's book contains photos of the many letters shared between the two, and official correspondences post World War II with regard to Felice's whereabouts. The movie stars Juliane Köhler as Lilly Wust, Maria Schrader as Felice Schragenheim, as well as Johanna Wokalek, Elisabeth Degen, Heike Makatsch, Detlev Buck.
The film explores the lives of the characters Felice Schragenheim (Maria Schrader), a Jewish woman who assumed a false name and who belongs to an underground organization, and Lilly Wust (Juliane Köhler), a married mother of four children, unsatisfied with her philandering Nazi officer husband.
The film begins in 1997, with an 83-year-old Lilly (played by Inge Keller) taking up residence in a dilapidated flat that once served as an underground hideout. Brought to a retirement home, Lilly encounters her old maid Ilse (played by Johanna Wokalek in the 1940s, by Kyra Mladeck in 1997), who was rounded up during 1945, and is already a tenant.
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