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LEO & CLAIRE

by Joseph Vilsmaier

synopsis

Germany 1933. Leo Katzenberger is a wealthy businessman, a prominent member of the community. At heart a German patriot, born in Nuremberg where he spent all his life, he is also a Jew. His world is shattered when Leo rents an apartment out to young and attractive photographer. She capriciously flirts with Leo and soon people are talking about the Jew and the German girl. In a time when 'the purity of the Aryan race' is ascendant, this mild affair rapidly becomes a political issue. Denounced by his hate-filled neighbors, he is condemned in a show trial to be executed via the guillotine.

international title: LEO & CLAIRE
original title: LEO UND CLAIRE
country: Germany
sales agent: Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH)
year: 2001
genre: fiction
directed by: Joseph Vilsmaier
film run: 106'
release date: DE 18/04/2002
screenplay: Kathrin Richter, Reinhard Klooss
cast: Michael Degen, Franziska Petri, Suzanne v. Borsody, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jasmin Schwiers, Rüdiger Vogler, Jochen Nickel, Andrea Sawatzki, Axel Milberg, Dietmar Schönherr, Jürgen Schornagel
cinematography by: Joseph Vilsmaier
film editing: Hans Funk
art director: Uwe Szielasko
music: Gert Wilden Jr
producer: Reinhard Klooss, Joseph Vilsmaier
production: Odeon Film, Perathon Film
distributor: Odeon Film

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