Lissy

Lissy

89 mins | Drama | May 29, 1957

Berlin, early 1930s. Lissy, a young woman raised in a socialist working-class family, marries a clerk who promises her a better life. During the depression, however, he gets fired and can’t find a new job. Desperate for companionship and money, he falls for Nazi propaganda and joins the Storm Troopers. Lissy's brother, who for a time sympathized with the communists, now also wears the SA uniform. When he is killed by the Nazis—because of hisoppositional ideas—Lissy starts questioning things and makes a difficult and potentially dangerous decision.

Lissy

89 mins | Drama | May 29, 1957

Lissy
Berlin, early 1930s. Lissy, a young woman raised in a socialist working-class family, marries a clerk who promises her a better life. During the depression, however, he gets fired and can’t find a new job. Desperate for companionship and money, he falls for Nazi propaganda and joins the Storm Troopers. Lissy's brother, who for a time sympathized with the communists, now also wears the SA uniform. When he is killed by the Nazis—because of hisoppositional ideas—Lissy starts questioning things and makes a difficult and potentially dangerous decision.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers DEFA
Original title Lissy
Directors Konrad Wolf
Writers Franz Carl Weiskopf, Alex Wedding, Konrad Wolf

Cast

Sonja Sutter

as Liesbeth 'Lissy' Frohmeyer

Horst Drinda

as Alfred Frohmeyer

Gerhard Bienert

as Vater Schröder

Hans-Peter Minetti

as Paul Schröder

Kurt Oligmüller

as Kaczmierczik

Else Wolz

as Mutter Schröder

Raimund Schelcher

as Max Franke

Christa Gottschalk

as Toni Franke

Mathilde Danegger

as Sprecherin

Horst Friedrich

as Warnke

Annemarie Hase

as Frau Kaluweit

Willi Schwabe

as Kassierer Gold

Gerd Michael Henneberg

as Staudinger

Erich Nadler

as Frankes Nachbar

Walter E. Fuß

as Mixer

Axel Triebel

as Frohmeyers Hauswirt

Wilhelm Gröhl

as Geschäftsführer

Gerhard Rachold

as Junger SA-Mann

Rolf Ripperger

as Frohmeyers Kollege

Otto Stübler

as Direktor Hoppe

Christine von Trümbach

as Hausmeisterin Engelmann

Käte Alving

as Nachbarin von Lissy