Moffengriet - Liebe tut, was sie will (1990)
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Annemarie Steen, Konstantin Graudus, Edda Barends, Bernard Droog, Ursula Dirichs, Heinz Schimmelpfennig
During the German occupation of the Netherlands, a young Dutch woman pursues a love that draws the condemnation of her community.
The story
In 1943, Tiny, the young daughter of a Dutch wholesale butcher, falls in love with Bernd, a German soldier occupying the Netherlands. Their relationship becomes public, and Tiny stands by him despite her mother’s misgivings, the contempt of her neighbors, and the pastor’s opposition. Their time together is interrupted when Bernd is transferred to Italy, leaving Tiny to face the hostility surrounding their relationship on her own.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1943, a young Dutch woman named Tiny, the daughter of a wholesale butcher, falls in love with Bernd, a German occupying soldier, and incurs the contempt of her fellow countrymen. Their acquaintance grows into love, and they do not hide it. Tiny stands by Bernd despite her mother’s misgivings, her neighbors’ contempt, and the pastor’s opposition. Before long, however, Bernd is transferred to Italy. When the Netherlands are liberated by the Americans in 1945, the hair of women who had relationships with Germans—women known as “Moffengrieten”—is shaved off. Tiny is among them. When Bernd writes to her from Germany and continues to profess his great love for her, she leaves Holland and goes to Germany to be with him.
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