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The World Unseen
Why this pick
Its secret love between two women unfolds under another oppressive social order, with the same intimate focus on longing, courage, and the danger surrounding private tenderness.
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film explores the lives of Felice Schragenheim (Maria Schrader), a Jewish woman who has assumed a false name and belongs to an resistance during World War II, and Lilly Wust (Juliane Köhler), a married mother of four who is unsatisfied with her philandering Nazi officer husband.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Johanna Wokalek
Ilse
Juliane Köhler
Lilly " Aimee " Wüst
Maria Schrader
Felice " Jaguar " Schragenheim
Heike Makatsch
Klärchen
Detlev Buck
Günter Wüst
Inge Keller
Lilly Wüst im Jahre 1997
Peter Weck
Chefredakteur Keller
Ulrich Matthes
Eckert