Berlin 1932, days after the elections which will soon bring Hitler to power.
Mark Erdmann is an acclaimed Jewish physicist, the head of the atomic lab at the University
of Berlin. His wife Leah, an avid consumer of the city’s rich cultural life, is involved in an
extramarital affair. The signs of impending danger are increasing, but the power of
self-delusion cannot be easily overcome as the Jewish couple ponders whether to seek
an unknown future outside Germany or to stay put and succumb to a fate
known to us in hindsight.
Mark Erdmann is an acclaimed Jewish physicist, the head of the atomic lab at the University
of Berlin. His wife Leah, an avid consumer of the city’s rich cultural life, is involved in an
extramarital affair. The signs of impending danger are increasing, but the power of
self-delusion cannot be easily overcome as the Jewish couple ponders whether to seek
an unknown future outside Germany or to stay put and succumb to a fate
known to us in hindsight.
If you had been there...then...What would you do?