Charlotte (1981 film)

Charlotte
Directed by	Frans Weisz
Written by	Judith Herzberg, Frans Weisz
Release date	26 February 1981 (1981-02-26)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Netherlands West Germany
Languages	German, Dutch

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. ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Birgit Doll ... Charlotte Salomon
• Elisabeth Trissenaar ... Paulinka
• Brigitte Horney ... Grandma
• Max Croiset... Albert
• Peter Capell ... Grandfather
• Derek Jacobi ... Daberlohn
• Buddy Elias ... Herr Schwartz
• Peter Faber ... Frits Blech
• Eric Vaessen ... Herr Deutscher
• Maria Machado ... Frau Schwartz
• Shireen Strooker ... Mukki
• Lous Hensen ... Frau Deutscher
• Yoka Berretty ... Frau Morgan
• Patricia Hodge ... Teacher
• Irene Jarosch ... Magda

Reception

Salomon's biographer Mary Lowenthal Felstiner calls the film "poignant", though she thought Derek Jacobi's performance as Daberlohn "overblown". ^[3]

References

1. Brown, Hannah (7 December 2010). "Triple Dutch". The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved 22 February 2024.
2. "Filmvorführung | Charlotte | Filmische Biografie von Regisseur Frans Weisz, 1980" (in German). Lenbachhaus . Retrieved 22 February 2024.
3. Felstiner, Mary Lowenthal (1994). To Paint Her Life: Charlotte Salomon in the Nazi Era . New York: HarperCollins. p. 229. ISBN   0-06-017105-7.

External links

• Charlotte at IMDb