Aimée & Jaguar
Aimée & Jaguar is a 1999 German drama film set in Berlin during World War II. It was written and directed by Max Färberböck and based on 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.
Plot
The film explores the lives of Felice Schragenheim (Maria Schrader), a Jewish woman who has assumed a false name and belongs to an underground organization, and Lilly Wust (Juliane Köhler), a married mother of four who is unsatisfied with her philandering Nazi officer husband.
Cast
- Anette Felber
- Barbara Focke
- Bastian Trost
- Carl Heinz Choynski
- Christoph Jacobi
- Dani Levy
- Désirée Nick
- Detlev Buck
- Dorkas Kiefer
- Dorothea Moritz
- Elisabeth Degen
- Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
- Heike Makatsch
- Heinz Trixner
- Inge Keller
- Jochen Stern
- Johanna Wokalek
- Juliane Köhler
- Klaus Manchen
- Klaus Schindler
- Kyra Mladeck
- Marc Bischoff
- Margit Bendokat
- Maria Schrader
- Peer Jäger
- Peter Weck
- Rosel Zech
- Rüdiger Hacker
- Sarah Camp
- Ulrich Matthes
More details
| author | Max Färberböck Rona Munro |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Berlin |
| director | Max Färberböck |
| editor | Barbara Hennings |
| events | Felice Schragenheim lesbianism Lilly Wust The Holocaust World War II |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | 20 july plot capture concentration camp disillusion end german soldier gestapo jew jewish woman kiss love affair make up married morning nazi officer new year old maid resistance during world war ii retirement home serve theresienstadt concentration camp underground organization |
| musicBy | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
| nomination | International Submission to the Academy Awards |
| producer | Günter Rohrbach Hanno Huth Lew Rywin |
| publisher | Senator Film |
| recordedAt | Berlin Cologne Rathaus Schöneberg |