Forbidden (1984 film)

Forbidden is a 1984 drama film directed by Anthony Page and starring Jacqueline Bisset, Jrgen Prochnow and Irene Worth. The plot is loosely based on a true story originally told in the nonfiction book The Last Jews in Berlin by Leonard Gross about a countess who hides her Jewish boyfriend in her apartment in World War II. It was a coproduction between Britain, West Germany and the United States. It was broadcast on television in America, but released in cinemas in other countries.

Germany is invaded by the Soviet Union. Nina knows that the Russians want revenge for the millions of countrymen murdered by the Third Reich. Attempting to hide in the cellar, they are caught by the Russians and forced outside. Nina yells to the soldiers that Fritz is Jewish, but they ignore her. Once outside, Fritz is forced to kneel as the Russians prepare to shoot him. He starts singing Shema Israel. The Russian soldier lowers his gun and says that he is Jewish too. During the voiceover while the camera pans over a bombedout and devastated Berlin, Nina tells the audience that Ruth Friedlander is eventually transferred from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz, where she is gassed. Eventually she and Fritz marry Fritz dies in 1973.

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