Charlotte (1981)
In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.
- Date of release
- 1981-02-26
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Frans Weisz
Casting
- Birgit Doll — Charlotte Salomon
- Elisabeth Trissenaar — Paulinka
- Brigitte Horney — Grandma
- Max Croiset — Albert
- Peter Capell — Grandfather
- Derek Jacobi — Daberlohn
- Peter Faber — Frits Blech
- Maria Machado — Mrs. Schwartz
- Shireen Strooker — Mukki
- Patricia Hodge — Teacher
- Yoka Berretty — Mrs. Morgan
- Irene Jarosch — Magda
Interesting facts
Charlotte is a 1981 West German-Dutch film directed by Frans Weisz. It is a biography about German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon, who died in the Holocaust.
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