Lissy (1957)
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.
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Sonja SutterLiesbeth 'Lissy' Frohmeyer
Horst DrindaAlfred Frohmeyer
Gerhard BienertVater Schröder
Hans-Peter MinettiPaul Schröder
Kurt OligmüllerKaczmierczikElse WolzMutter Schröder
Raimund SchelcherMax FrankeChrista GottschalkToni Franke
Mathilde DaneggerSprecherinHorst FriedrichWarnke
Annemarie HaseFrau Kaluweit
Willi SchwabeKassierer GoldMovie DNA
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What is Lissy about?
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.
How long is Lissy?
Lissy has a runtime of 89 minutes.