---
title: 'Forbidden (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Page'
released: '1984-12-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/forbidden-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089161/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Forbidden (1984)

1984 · 114 min · Drama · Germany, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Forbidden is a 1984 drama film directed by Anthony Page and starring Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow and Irene Worth. The plot is inspired by the life of Maria von Maltzan originally told in the non-fiction book The Last Jews in Berlin by Leonard Gross about a countess who hides her Jewish boyfriend in her apartment in World War II. It was a co-production between the UK and West Germany. It was broadcast on television in the US, but released in cinemas in other countries.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-page)
- **Screenplay:** [Leonard Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-gross)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tangerine Dream](https://cinepixo.com/people/tangerine-dream)
- **Producer:** [Mark Forstater](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-forstater)
- **Director of Photography:** [Wolfgang Treu](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-treu)
- **Editor:** [Thomas Schwalm](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-schwalm)

## Cast

- [Peter Vaughan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-vaughan) as Major Stauffel
- [Irene Worth](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-worth) as Ruth Friedländer
- [Osman Ragheb](https://cinepixo.com/people/osman-ragheb) as Hans Wittenhagen
- [Horst D. Scheel](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-d-scheel)
- [Erich Will](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-will)
- [Guntbert Warns](https://cinepixo.com/people/guntbert-warns) as librarian
- [Malcolm Kaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-kaye) as Max Baum
- [Susanna Bonaséwicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/susanna-bonasewicz) as Christa
- [Avis Bunnage](https://cinepixo.com/people/avis-bunnage) as Frau Schmidt
- [Amanda Cannings](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-cannings) as Lucie
- [Georg Tryphon](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-tryphon) as Franz
- [Jürgen Prochnow](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-prochnow) as Fritz Friedländer
- [Herta Schwarz](https://cinepixo.com/people/herta-schwarz) as Berta
- [Robert Dietl](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dietl) as Nils Arvidson
- [Ulli Kinalzik](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulli-kinalzik)

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