Aimée & Jaguar
★ 6.7 · 1999 · 125m · Drama · History · Romance
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.
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