Ida Krottendorf Movies
- 1983
In this romantic comedy with serious undertones, a young Frenchman agrees to marry a Polish dissident so she can escape to France and freedom at a time when she may be in danger. After their marriage in Warsaw and a honeymoon replete with Polish policemen and her real lover, the Frenchman returns to Paris to wait for her passport to come through. Soon there are problems in Warsaw, however, and he takes off by car (an air strike is on) to salvage the plan. On the way back from Warsaw, the Polish woman and the Frenchman become lovers in truth -- but their romantic liaison, although perfectly legal, is thwarted by problems beyond their control and she leaves for the U.S. One year later, the two accidentally meet in the airport while she is on her way to Warsaw again -- and are forced to decide what to do about their very uncertain relationship. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Thierry Lhermitte, Barbara Nielsen, (more)
- 1981
When the Germans took over Austria in WW II, an unfailingly honest and amenable butcher sees his own son join the SS troops, his Jewish friend has to escape the country, and his wife just wants him to go along with the changes. He cannot find any rhyme or reason in these changes and his natural ability to simply be himself shows up the Nazi's own posturings as idiotic. He is protected from the Gestapo by a gay SS officer lusting after his son, otherwise, his reactions to the human degradation of fascism would have had fatal consequences. The candid, straightforward butcher provides an especially clear lens to view the Nazis and their effects on society both before and later in the film, after the war. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Karl Merkatz, Ida Krottendorf, (more)
