Tenzing
2026 · Drama · History
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Erna, Helmut and the Nazis
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.
The story
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.
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Cast
Michaela KametzSelf - Narrator (voice)
Hans MachemerSelf
Thea WilmerSelf
Ludger TerliesnerSelf
Hermann KrummeSelf
Matthias KielAdditional Voice (voice)
Miriam JansenAdditional Voice (voice)
Uli AuerAdditional Voice (voice)
Claudia KaffankeAdditional Voice (voice)
Nick GardinerAdditional Voice (voice)
Helmut MachenerSelf (archive footage)
Erna SchwalbeSelf (archive footage)
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