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Aimee And Jaguar Reviews

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In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Kohler) and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader), fall in love. Director Max Farberbock's AIMEE & JAGUAR tells the true story of this passionate, forbidden .. Read more

Starring	Heike Makatsch, Margit Bendokat, H.C. Blumenberg, Detlev Buck
Director	Max Farberbock
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian, Romance, World Cinema

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  - 6
  Love amidst fear in WWII Berlin
  
  This film succeeds on many fronts as it recreates the fear and terror of life in Berlin during 1942/3 as the allied bombings are intensified.
  
  Jewish ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - milnerv
  - Dorset
  - 10 Oct 2005 at 08:24
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- - 0
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  An amazing account about the power of love
  
  This movie has been out for so many years, it was always on my to do list, and I finally got to see it. And what a fantastic movie it was! It plays in Berlin ... read more »
  
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- - Blondoner
  - 27 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Apr 2012 at 22:57
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  Decent Biopic
  
  The acting was good and a decent story though you do need to be open minded to watch this given the orientation. However this one could have scored higher in my... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 02 Apr 2012 at 14:21
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  SirSaucy Rascal
  
  see this movie !!!
  
  it contains so much and has so much depth that you will only understand this.... if you see it !!
  
  .....whatever ... read more »
  
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- - SirSaucyRascal
  - 24 reviews
  - 11 Jan 2012 at 12:08
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  Aimee and jaguar
  
  I watched this film 3 time a month go and in my mind .A very moving i have enjoyed watching this film.
  
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- - a customer
  - 01 Oct 2011 at 18:00
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  Somebody put the light on, we can't see.
  
  In 1943 as bombs start to fall regularly on Berlin, Lilly, a young jewish woman lives a very dangerous life, working for a Nazi newspaper, passing information ... read more »
  
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- - Oldbloke
  - 238 reviews
  - Sidmouth
  - 13 Sep 2011 at 00:26
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  - 2
  Forbidden love
  
  Maria Schrader plays a lesbian secretary who starts out to seduce her lovers female employer for a laugh but ends up falling in love with her. I did not think ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 02 Oct 2009 at 15:13
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  Impossible love
  
  A very inetresting tale on life in Berlin coming to the end of the war world II.
  
  Love story in an imporssible setting and circumstances.
  
  ... read more »
  
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- - Amircuk
  - 6 reviews
  - Pinner
  - 08 May 2009 at 14:04
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  Utter drivel
  
  Please don't rent this. Disappointing period drama that lacks any real story or plot. Plods on for a bit then ends. Dullness.
  
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  - OXON
  - 03 Nov 2008 at 08:48
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  Simply beautiful
  
  Although I can't express myself as well as the other reviewers, I can certainly agree that this is a movie that will evoke all sorts of emotions. Not only ... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 16 Oct 2008 at 09:26
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  Be prepared!
  
  This film is very dark - not just visually. I can see it was well made - but the film just could not hold my attention.
  
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  - Cranbrook, Kent
  - 12 Aug 2008 at 15:52
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- - 18
  - 6
  Love amidst fear in WWII Berlin
  
  This film succeeds on many fronts as it recreates the fear and terror of life in Berlin during 1942/3 as the allied bombings are intensified.
  
  Jewish ... read more »
  
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- 350790
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  - milnerv
  - Dorset
  - 10 Oct 2005 at 08:24
- - 8
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  exquisite
  
  must watch - very sad but beautiful
  
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  - glasgow
  - 22 Apr 2004 at 03:25
- - 6
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  Love with a slight twist
  
  Aimee and Jaguar is the true story of two women who met during wartime Germany.
  
  It tells of their deep love affair during a time of death and ... read more »
  
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- - JKmoviebuff
  - London
  - 04 Nov 2003 at 17:21
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  Love with a slight ...
  
  Love with a slight twist:
  
  Aimee and Jaguar is the true story of two women who met during wartime Germany.
  
  It tells of their deep love ... read more »
  
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- - JenKFilmBuffette#1
  - LONDON
  - 07 Jan 2004 at 18:10
- - 4
  - 0
  Aimee & Jaguar
  
  A nicely told true story about the lesbian relationship between a housewife, married to a Nazi soldier and a member of the jewish resistence. Juliane Kohler ... read more »
  
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- - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 20 Aug 2005 at 20:34
- - 3
  - 0
  Read the book instead
  
  I started reading the book first, and since it proved interesting, I was glad to find it as a film so that I could watch it and I will find out what happened ... read more »
  
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- - BlueRose
  - Hertfordshire
  - 22 Jun 2005 at 09:40
- - 3
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  Nothing much to purr about
  
  Take an exciting situation and an unlikely romance - Felice is a Jewish resistance fighter in Nazi Berlin, Lilly is a normal housewife - and kill off the ... read more »
  
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- - barbi
  - 150 reviews
  - Salisbury
  - 11 Nov 2005 at 18:50
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  Customer Review
  
  I watched this on Sunday night and it is still on my mind two days later. It's one of thoses films that stays with you. It takes you on an emotional journey... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  hmm..
  
  ..a good quality film (at least there was decent acting/scenery etc), but a little slow. Beautiful, poignant, but slow.
  
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- - Katrina Green
  - Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  - 27 Jul 2005 at 13:31
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  Very German
  
  This story has been beautifully shot, making good use of arty darkness and attractive waif-women, and deals with the poignant tale of consuming love tastefully... read more »
  
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- - Melisa Tupou
  - Harrow, UK
  - 10 Nov 2005 at 11:37

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  In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Kohler) and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader), fall in love. Director Max Farberbock's AIMEE & JAGUAR tells the true story ...