{"id":4948,"date":"2023-01-04T15:58:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T14:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lilianacavani.it\/home\/?page_id=4948"},"modified":"2023-01-12T13:07:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T12:07:42","slug":"the-berlin-affair-1985","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lilianacavani.it\/en\/productions\/movies\/the-berlin-affair-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"The Berlin Affair (1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Productions: Movies > The Berlin Affair (1985)<\/h6> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The Berlin Affair<\/h1> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Storyline<\/h3>\n

Berlin, 1938. Louise is the young wife of a high-ranking Nazi officer. She starts a relationship with Mitsuko, the daughter of the Japanese ambassador. Her husband Heinz finds out and chooses to tolerate it. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Nazi regime starts a moralizing campaign to get rid of inappropriate characters but the man lets himself be seduced by Mitsuko.<\/p>\n

This love triangle ends up being a foursome with the arrival of Benno, the Japanese woman\u2019s Italian lover who blackmails Louise.<\/p>\n

The scandal explodes and Heinz and the two women have to escape to Hamburg.<\/p>\n

The story ends with Heinz and Mitsuko\u2019s death, both poisoned by Mitsuko herself.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Technical Specifications<\/h3>\n

story<\/span><\/strong>: Liliana Cavani
screenplay<\/span><\/strong>: Liliana Cavani, Roberta Mazzoni, adapted from \u201cThe Buddhist Cross\u201d by Jun\u2019ichiro Tanizaki
director<\/span><\/strong>: Liliana Cavani
assistant director<\/span><\/strong>: Paola Tallarigo
set design<\/span><\/strong>: Luciano Ricceri
set dresser<\/span><\/strong>: Verde Visconti
costumes<\/span><\/strong>: Alberto Verso for Mio Takaki, Jusaburo Tsujimura
editing<\/span><\/strong>: Ruggero Mastroianni
photography<\/span><\/strong>: Dante Spinotti
music<\/span><\/strong>: Pino Donaggio
production organizer<\/span><\/strong>: Mario Cotone
executive producer<\/span><\/strong>: John Thompson
producers<\/span><\/strong>: Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus for Cannon Productions (Rome), Italian International Film (Rome), KF-Kinof\u00eclm Produktions Gmbh (Munich)
released by<\/span><\/strong>: Italian International Film
origin<\/span><\/strong>: Italy-Germany (BDR)
film<\/span><\/strong>: 35 mm, color
lenght<\/span><\/strong>: 122 minutes<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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  • XXXVI Berlin Film Festival, 1986<\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    Cast<\/h3>\n
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    Gudrun Landgrebe<\/span><\/strong> (Louise)
    Kevin McNally<\/span><\/strong> (Heinz)
    Mio Takaki<\/span><\/strong> (Mitsuko)
    Massimo Girotti<\/span><\/strong> (Werner)
    Philippe Leroy<\/span><\/strong> (Herbert)
    William Berger<\/span><\/strong> (The Professor)
    Andrea Prodan<\/span><\/strong> (Joseph Benno)
    John Steiner<\/span><\/strong>
    Enrico Maria Scrivano<\/span><\/strong>
    Claudio Lorimer<\/span><\/strong>
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