--- title: 'Marriage in the Shadows (1947)' type: 'film' director: 'Kurt Maetzig' released: '1947-01-01' runtime_minutes: 104 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Germany' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/marriage-in-the-shadows-1947' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039351/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Marriage in the Shadows (1947) 1947 · 104 min · Drama · Germany Original title: Ehe im Schatten ## Synopsis Marriage in the Shadows is 1947 German melodrama film directed by Kurt Maetzig and starring Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat and Alfred Balthoff. It was produced in the Soviet zone in what later became East Germany and was released by DEFA. The film was described as an "attempt to confront the German people about the morals of the past", being the first film to confront the people about the persecution of the Jews and the atrocities conducted during World War II. ## Credits - **Director:** [Kurt Maetzig](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-maetzig) - **Screenplay:** [Kurt Maetzig](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-maetzig) - **Original Music Composer:** [Wolfgang Zeller](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-zeller) - **Director of Photography:** [Friedl Behn-Grund](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedl-behn-grund) - **Editor:** [Alice Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-ludwig), [Hermann Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-ludwig) ## Cast - [Karl Hannemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hannemann) - [Lothar Firmans](https://cinepixo.com/people/lothar-firmans) - [Paul Klinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-klinger) - [Hans Leibelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-leibelt) - [Ilse Steppat](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-steppat) - [Hilde von Stolz](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-von-stolz) - [Claus Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/claus-holm) - [Elly Burgmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/elly-burgmer) - [Karl Hellmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hellmer) - [Alfred Balthoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-balthoff) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/marriage-in-the-shadows-1947 Film facts: Wikidata (Q833601); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.