The Invisibles(2017)

1h 50m
Biography, Drama, History, War

Release Date: Jan 25, 2019 | Limited

While Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin "free of Jews" in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.

Releases

Original Release | Jan 25, 2019

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Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$27,164
Total US & Canada:
$407,373
Total International
$816,725
Total Worldwide:
$1,224,098

Director & Top Cast

Claus Räfle
Director

Portia de Rossi
Actor

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Germany

Summaries

Storyline

Berlin, February 1943: The NS regime declares the Reich's capital "free of Jews." At this point in time, 7000 Jews have succeeded in going underground. Almost 1700 will survive the horrors of the war in Berlin. The Invisibles tells the stories of four of these contemporary witnesses. Hanni Lévy, who has just turned 17, has lost both of her parents. Thanks to her dyed, blonde hair, she is practically invisible to her pursuers, and strolls along the Ku'damm to pass the time away. Cioma Schönhaus has also gone underground and leads an adventurous life that consists of buying a sailboat, dining in Berlin's best restaurants, and becoming a forger of passports, through which he saves the lives of dozens of other Jews. And while Eugen Friede joins a resistance group that distributes anti government leaflets, Ruth Arndt and a friend dream about life in America during the daytime; at night, she pretends to be a war widow and serves black-market gourmet foods in the apartment of an NS officer. The dramatic re-enactments are supplemented with impressive interviews with the actual people whose lives inspired this film. The two levels blend together into an intensive, emotionally moving feature film. This film tells of a largely unknown chapter of the Jewish resistance during the times of National Socialism, in which four young Jews survived the Third Reich in the middle of Berlin by living so recklessly that they become "invisible." The script is based on interviews with contemporary witnesses conducted by director Claus Räfle and his co-author Alejandra López.

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19-Feb-2023