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THE INVISIBLES

by Claus Räfle

synopsis

Berlin, February 1943: The NS regime declares the Reich's capital “free of Jews.” At this point in time, 7000 Jews have succeeded in going underground. Almost 1700 will survive the horrors of the war in Berlin. The Invisibles (WT) tells the stories of four of these contemporary witnesses. Hanni Lévy, who has just turned 17, has lost both of her parents. Thanks to her dyed, blonde hair, she is practically invisible to her pursuers, and strolls along the Ku'damm to pass the time away. Cioma Schönhaus has also gone underground and leads an adventurous life that consists of buying a sailboat, dining in Berlin's best restaurants, and becoming a forger of passports, through which he saves the lives of dozens of other Jews. And while Eugen Friede joins a resistance group that distributes antigovernment leaflets, Ruth Arndt and a friend dream about life in America during the daytime; at night, she pretends to be a war widow and serves black-market gourmet foods in the apartment of an NS officer. The dramatic re-enactments are supplemented with impressive interviews with the actual people whose lives inspired this film. The two levels blend together into an intensive, emotionally moving feature film.

international title: The Invisibles
original title: Die Unsichtbaren
country: Germany
sales agent: Beta Cinema
year: 2017
genre: fiction
directed by: Claus Räfle
film run: 110'
release date: DE 26/10/2017, IT 25/01/2018
screenplay: Claus Räfle, Alejandra López
cast: Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee, Aaron Altaras, Victoria Schulz, Florian Lukas, Andreas Schmidt, Sergej Moya, Lucas Reiber, Rick Okon
cinematography by: Jörg Widmer
film editing: Jörg Hauschild, Julia Oehring
art director: K.D. Gruber, Christina Heidelmeier
costumes designer: Ute Paffendorf
music: Matthias Klein
producer: Frank Evers, Claus Räfle, Jörg Schulze
line producer: Kristian Stern
production: LOOKS Film & TV Produktionen, NDR - Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg - RBB, BR Bayerischer Rundfunk, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk
distributor: Tobis Film, Lucky Red

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