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The Berlin Affair

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Original title

The Berlin Affair

Year

1985

Running time

110 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Liliana Cavani

Screenwriter

Liliana Cavani, Roberta Mazzoni

Cast

Music

Pino Donaggio

Cinematography

Dante Spinotti

Producer

Co-production Italy-Germany - West Germany (FRG);

Italian International Film, Cannon Productions

Genre

Drama. Romance | Gay & Lesbian

Synopsis

Set in 1938 Berlin, Louise Von Hollendorf is the wife of a young Nazi diplomat who meets and falls in love with a certain Mitsuko Matsugae, an artist and the daughter of the Japanese ambassador to Germany. Louise's husband Heinz soon finds out and tries to break up the union between his wife and Mitsuko only to eventually fall in love with Mitsuko also, while outside parties who include art professor Joseph Benno, Mitsuko's lover, and Heinz's cousin Wolf, a Gestapo officer, figure in which threatens to destroy the love triangle for good.

Awards: 1986: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

1985: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best Cinematography

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The Berlin Affair

1985

Liliana Cavani

5.6

(79)