Forbidden (1985)
1h 54m
Running Time
March 24, 1985Release Date
Plot.
In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the home of a former professor. But they fall in love. She gets involved in helping Jews escape from the Nazis. All get out of Berlin except the young man. There is a room in her apartment where he can't be seen through the windows and a chest converted into a sofa where she and her brothers played hide-and-seek as children. This real life hide-and-seek game has high stakes. The movie is said to be based on a true story.
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Cast & Crew.
Jacqueline Bisset
Nina von Halder
Jürgen Prochnow
Fritz Friedländer
Irene Worth
Ruth Friedländer
Peter Vaughan
Major Stauffel
Robert Dietl
Nils Arvidsson
Michael Hastings
Writer
Avis Bunnage
Frau Schmidt
Malcolm Kaye
Max Baum
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 24, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 54m
Filming LocationsBerlin, Germany
Genres
Wiki.
Forbidden is a 1984 drama film directed by Anthony Page and starring Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow and Irene Worth. The plot is inspired by the life of Maria von Maltzan originally told in the non-fiction 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 co-production between the UK and West Germany. It was broadcast on television in the US, but released in cinemas in other countries.