Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Aimée and Jaguar
1999
***
Director: Max Färberböck
Cast: Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch

A touching and well-acted WW2 drama about a tragic love affair between two young German women. One of the ladies is Jewish, so there's an air of inevitability to the unfolding events. Based on Erica Fischer's book Aimée & Jaguar. Eine Liebesgeschichte, Berlin 1943.