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One Woman In Berlin: Diary of a Mad Haus Frau

Posted by mr grits on November 18, 2009 at 21:05:34

The oddly attractive Nina Hoss plays the real life, anonymous German woman who recorded a diary of her days during the beginning of the Russian occupation of Berlin. It is a compelling and gripping story of the rape of the unwilling who later became willing to survive. Hoss plays a photojournalist whose lover, an officer, leaves for the front when the war is young and the sugar plum fairies of victory filled everyone's expectations. We see the upbeat German attitude for a brief glimpse in the beginning before we are thrust into the harsh realities of Berlin succumbing street by street.

We wince at the boorish, animal behavior of the Russians preying upon the defenseless women but it soon becomes balanced as news and witness of the German horrors of the Russian conquest come to light. ("If the Russians do just a fraction of what we did in Russia there will be no one left alive.")

Hoss quickly becomes savvy to the sexual politics and soon solicits protection from the Russian Major who commands the troops in her neighborhood. They begin a relationship of mutual benefit that becomes real only to lead to his career demise. And, near the end, her lover appears having wondered home without capture only to become outraged at what the women had done with the Russians.

Her diaries were initially released in 1959 and caused such an uproar that the woman insisted that no more copies be released. After here death her publisher resumed with a new release. Her name has always been withheld and she died with out attribution.

This is a top flight film in all areas and a solid four out of five. It is worth a see.

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