Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion
BERLIN, 1948 During the few days of the blockade, a teenager, a man, and a young woman constitute a gang They profit from the fear, the disorder, and the black market, and commit many, many thefts
In 1961, Rita returns to her childhood village after a breakdown As she recovers, she remembers the past two years her love for chemist Manfred, 10 years her senior his enthusiasm about his new chemical process, wh