Forbidden (1984 film)

Forbidden
Directed byAnthony Page
Screenplay byLeonard Gross (teleplay)
Based onbook The Last Jews in Berlin
Produced byMark Forstater
Hans Brockman
Gerald I. Isenberg
Ingrid Windisch
StarringJacqueline Bisset
Jürgen Prochnow
Irene Worth
Narrated byJacqueline Bisset
CinematographyWolfgang Treu
Edited byThomas Schwalm
Music byTangerine Dream
Production
companies
Mark Forstater Productions
HBO Premiere Films
Release date
  • December 1984 (1984-12)
Running time
114 minutes
157 minutes (Canada)
CountriesEngland
West Germany
LanguageEnglish

Forbidden is a 1984 drama film directed by Anthony Page and starring Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow and Irene Worth. The plot is inspired by the life of Maria von Maltzan originally told in the non-fiction book The Last Jews in Berlin by Leonard Gross about a countess who hides her Jewish boyfriend in her apartment in World War II. It was a co-production between the UK and West Germany. It was broadcast on television in the US, but released in cinemas in other countries.