Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7312 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-10-29
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: German
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 125 minutes

DVD Description
DVD Specal Features Presentation includes Theatrical Trailer
Subtitles: English
Running Time:125 mins approx

Synopsis
In 1943, as World War II's Battle of Berlin rages, with air raids forcing families into their cellars for shelter and bombs exploding all over the city, Felice Schragenheim (Juliane Kohler) and Lilly Wust (Maria Schrader), fall in love. Director Max Farberbock's AIMEE & JAGUAR tells the true story of this passionate, forbidden love affair, adapted from the 1998 book of the same title by Erica Fischer.
Felice, a dark and beautiful Jewish woman who is constantly in danger of being apprehended by the Gestapo, works for a Nazi newspaper under a false name, feeding what she learns to underground resistance leaders. Lilly, a flowery blond housewife living in bourgeoise comfort, raises 4 little boys, passing the time until her Nazi husband, Gunther, returns from the war. When the two meet, and Felice makes advances, Lilly responds, falling into total submission under Felice's spell. They nickname each other Aimee (Lilly) and Jaguar (Felice), spending every night dancing to popular 40s jazz music with Felice's eccentric lesbian friends, and every day raising the four boys who treat Felice like a second mother. It is not until the end of their affair, when Lilly--and soon thereafter, the authorities--learns that Felice is a Jew, and tragedy befalls the couple.

From the Back Cover
Nominated for a Golden Globe award and Germany's official submission for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, Max Faerberboeck's Aimee & Jaguar is the tender, elegiac account of a forbidden love affair set against the backdrop of wartime Germany. In Performances that garnered them Silver Bears at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival, Juliane Koehler (Lily Wust) and Maria Schrader (Felice Schragenheim) play the eponymous AAimee & Jaguar, an exemplar of Nazi motherhood and a politically commited Jewes respectively who on a transgressive love affair that will ultimately shatter their lives. Based on the acclaimed book by Erica Fischer, Aimee & Jaguar is an uplifting love story totally unlike any other.

Customer Reviews

A beautiful thing......
This is an incredible, tender and at times heartbreaking film about two women who fall in love in wartime Berlin. This alone is a problem for Aimeé and Jaguar, as although Lesbianism was not illegal in Nazi Germany, women who were found to be lesbians could still be sent off to camps and treating just as brutally as any other prisoners, add to this the fact that Felice (Jaguar) is a member of the Jewish underground and you know that the course of true love cannot run smooth. Witty, touching thought-provoking, this excellent piece of cinema should take pride of place in any film-lovers collection. The only down side to this DVD is that the quality is not the best, as other reviewers have mentioned, it does look rather like an old VHS recording. But if you can put up with this tiny niggling factor, you'll be rewarded with a little gem of a film.

A classic.. Could not be replaced yet..
This movie should be in everybody's collection and if you still have not bought it, buy it now! One of the best stories ever, amazing acting and I still cannot forget that scene when Aimée is crying and screaming when the soldiers leave the house. Both of the ladies are stunning!

Recording quality is not so good but still you will be easily into the movie after a few minutes of watching..

I just didnt like it
I bought this and was all geared up to watch it! The reviews all said that it was great etc and averaged 5 stars. So this was an good indicator and off I went!!!
10 minutes in I had had enough. But I thought i ought to give it a chance so carried on.
20 minutes in and I had had more then enough.
30 mins in I was suicidal. I was only watching at this stage because I still needed to know why everybody else reviewed it so highly!
I dont know what it is about his film that gets on my nerves so much. Im usually not bothered by subtitles but this one got to me. Also I didnt like the style of filiming nor did I find the characters believeable. I also didnt like the setting either. I know that there are a lot of people out there who will disagree with me on this. But I do watch a lot of movies and this unfotunately ranks in my bottom 5. Sorry!!
But to make amends I will give it another go! If I change my mind ill let you know but dont hold your breath!(Now where did I put those pills?)