Beautiful, Complex Movie
I just watched this on Logo (gay-friendly network?) and found it a beautifully told story about a horrible time. The vile things done in the name of a "cause" are repeated over and over throughout history, but I think the snapshot of these brave women must represent one of the all-time lows of human behavior. As I watched the late scene in which Felice was taken away, I wondered once more what threat a person like her could possibly be in any reasonable world...and yet this extreme of bigotry still goes on. It sickens me to see the fighting in my own state in the U.S. where politicians are taking rights away from gays, not so different from the oppression depicted in this film. As for the husband, I could understand he would be angry to come home from some of the worst conditions and find his wife with anyone else, but there definitely was a double standard in their life when either person transgressed with a person of the opposite sex.
Because I had to work on something while the movie ran, I missed a few of the subtitles, and my German is not so good for listening. Did the newspaper man have a truly kind (and maybe a little lustful) attitude toward Mrs. Schrader, or was he hoping to trick her at some point? There seemed to be a cat-and-mouse thing going on between them. What, exactly, was she doing at the party (?) when word came that Hitler was dead?