Charlotte (1981 film)

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1981 Dutch film

26 February 1981 (1981-02-26)

Running time

96 minutesCountriesNetherlands
West GermanyLanguagesGerman, Dutch

Charlotte is a 1981 West German-Dutch film directed by Frans Weisz. It is a biography about German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon, who died in the Holocaust.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Birgit Doll ... Charlotte Salomon
Elisabeth Trissenaar ... Paulinka
Brigitte Horney ... Grandma
Max Croiset... Albert
Peter Capell ... Grandfather
Derek Jacobi ... Daberlohn
Buddy Elias ... Herr Schwartz
Peter Faber ... Frits Blech
Eric Vaessen ... Herr Deutscher
Maria Machado ... Frau Schwartz
Shireen Strooker ... Mukki
Lous Hensen ... Frau Deutscher
Yoka Berretty ... Frau Morgan
Patricia Hodge ... Teacher
Irene Jarosch ... Magda

Reception

Salomon's biographer Mary Lowenthal Felstiner calls the film "poignant", though she thought Derek Jacobi's performance as Daberlohn "overblown".^[3]

References

^ Brown, Hannah (7 December 2010). "Triple Dutch". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ "Filmvorführung | Charlotte | Filmische Biografie von Regisseur Frans Weisz, 1980" (in German). Lenbachhaus. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ Felstiner, Mary Lowenthal (1994). To Paint Her Life: Charlotte Salomon in the Nazi Era. New York: HarperCollins. p. 229. ISBN 0-06-017105-7.