Erna, Helmut and the Nazis (2021)

Germany, 1929. Helmut Machemer and Erna Schwalbe fall madly in love and marry in 1932. Everything indicates that a bright future awaits them; but then, in 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rise to power and their lives are suddenly put in danger because of Erna's Jewish ancestry.

Producers	ARTE, NDR, Sagamedia
Original title	Eine Familie unterm Hakenkreuz
Directors	Christian Schmeink, Stephan Sattig, Jutta Pinzler
Writers

Cast

Michaela Kametz

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hans Machemer

as Self

Thea Wilmer

as Self

Ludger Terliesner

as Self

Hermann Krumme

as Self

Matthias Kiel

as Additional Voice (voice)

Miriam Jansen

as Additional Voice (voice)

Uli Auer

as Additional Voice (voice)

Claudia Kaffanke

as Additional Voice (voice)

Nick Gardiner

as Additional Voice (voice)

Helmut Machener

as Self (archive footage)

Erna Schwalbe

as Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

as Self - Politician (archive footage)