Film

Lissy

Name: Lissy
Director: Konrad Wolf
Released: 1957
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Sonja Sutter, Horst Drinda, Gerhard Bienert, Hans-Peter Minetti, Kurt Oligmüller

1957 · 89 min · ★ 6.3 · Dir. Konrad Wolf

Berlin, early 1930s. Lissy, a young woman raised in a socialist working-class family, marries a clerk who promises her a better life. During the depression, however, he gets fired and can’t find a new job. Desperate for companionship and money, he falls for Nazi propaganda and joins the Storm Troopers. Lissy's brother, who for a time sympathized with the communists, now also wears the SA uniform. When he is killed by the Nazis—because of hisoppositional ideas—Lissy starts questioning things and makes a difficult and potentially dangerous decision.