Erna, Helmut and the Nazis backdrop

Erna, Helmut and the Nazis 2021 Directed by Jutta Pinzler , Stephan Sattig , ... Eine Familie unterm Hakenkreuz

Germany, 1929. Helmut Machemer and Erna Schwalbe fall madly in love and marry in 1932. Everything indicates that a bright future awaits them; but then, in 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rise to power and their lives are suddenly put in danger because of Erna's Jewish ancestry.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Production Companies ARTE , NDR , Sagamedia
Release Date 29 April 2021
60 mins
Cast
Michaela Kametz Self - Narrator (voice)
Matthias Kiel Additional Voice (voice)
Miriam Jansen Additional Voice (voice)
Uli Auer Additional Voice (voice)
Claudia Kaffanke Additional Voice (voice)
Nick Gardiner Additional Voice (voice)
Helmut Machener Self (archive footage)
Erna Schwalbe Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler Self - Politician (archive footage)
Hermann Göring Self - Politician (archive footage)