The Berlin Affair
1985 · Movie · 110 min. · Italy
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.
Direction Liliana Cavani
Cast Gudrun Landgrebe · Kevin McNally · Mio Takaki · Hanns Zischler · Massimo Girotti · Philippe Leroy · William Berger · John Steiner
Soundtrack Pino Donaggio
Screenplay Liliana Cavani · Roberta Mazzoni
Cinematography Dante Spinotti
Original title The Berlin Affair
5.6
69 votes (FilmAffinity)
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