Showing results for "Anna" in 20th Century

Wiltshire, December 1915. Widow Olivia Hanbury is persuaded by her cousin Donald to move in with his meek little wife while he is serving in France. When he's wounded and returns home to convalesce, tensions immediately rise between him and lively Olivia. But things begin to look up when Olivia becomes involved in starting the new Women's Institutes and is introduced to Alex, an antiques dealer. Meanwhile, Phoebe Latimer is holding the fort at Greyladies, an ancient manor house, while her husband is away at war. But someone is attempting to rid Greyladies of the German internees based there.

Brussels, April 1915. A beautiful young woman finds herself on the run from the enemy. Also being pursued is Ned Scott, a British army major who has been badly injured. The pair find themselves at a hospital run by the famous Edith Cavell, who agrees to treat the major while offering them both refuge and a false identity - she names the young girl Anna.

1930’ernes København. Hannah vokser op som den yngste af fem børn i den jødiske emigrantfamilie Koppelman. Hun drømmer om at blive musiker ligesom sine brødre, og da hun bliver optaget på konservatoriet og forelsker sig i den unge idealist Aksel, er friheden og lykken inden for rækkevidde.

Men i det jødiske miljø betyder slægten og traditionerne alt, og til den viljestærke mor Bruches sorg forkaster Hannahs brødre de kvinder, ægteskabsmægleren finder til dem. En efter en gifter de sig med danske kvinder, og mor Bruche og far Yitzhak bliver forvist til de bagerste rækker i synagogen.

Occupied Norway, 1944. While the war rages on, Anni is surviving as best she can, contributing to the resistance whenever possible and standing firm without her sailor husband Lars, who she hasn't heard from in three years. Her daughter Ingrid is the bright spot in her life and Anni is determined to keep her safe and happy. However, when a German official is billeted at their house, the situation for them both becomes far more dangerous, and Anni faces an impossible choice. London, 1952. 

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Eine Frau versucht ihre Liebe zu retten. Deutschland, 1927. Trotz vieler Warnungen hat Anna den so charmanten wie verwegenen Kapitän Brandis geheiratet. Als er von einer langen Seefahrt nach Kiel zurückkehrt, wird er noch im Hafen verhaftet. Angeblich hat Brandis seinen Bootsmann erstochen. Er bleibt zwar auf freiem Fuß, darf aber bis zum Prozess kein Schiff mehr führen. Anna weiß jedoch nicht, ob sie ihm noch trauen kann. Zudem verhärten sich die Fronten im Land immer mehr. Sozialer Unruhen drohen. Kommunisten kämpfen gegen Nationalsozialisten.

Deutschland im Jahr 1925: Die mittellose Sekretärin Anna beobachtet, wie nachts in Berlin ein Mann auf der Straße angeschossen wird. Sie rettet Maxim Rose das Leben und wird als Dank von seiner Familie eingeladen - nach Kiel, wo die wohlhabende Familie eine Reederei besitzt. Anna nimmt das Angebot an; sie begreift, dass Maxim in politische Intrigen verwickelt zu sein scheint, doch sie steht ihm weiter bei - auch weil sie sich in dessen Freund, den eigenwilligen Kapitän Brands, verliebt hat. Doch das Glück der beiden ist von kurzer Dauer.

In February 1946, Anna Klein and her boss Henry Cooper face major changes at the Monuments Men Collecting Point. With Cooper's dreaded re-deployment looming and their feelings for each other intensifying, Anna has to decide between him, her family, and her marriage. A future with Cooper means giving up everything she knows and running away from her own past, which isn't at all what it seemed.

Kaluszyn, 1939. Nine-year-old Joanna is determined to enjoy her childhood despite growing up without her mother. She is surrounded by her loving grandparents, sweet father, and loyal friend Aleksander. Together, Joanna and Aleksander navigate Kaluszyn and explore what life has to offer. However, neither of them can foresee a series of events that will shatter their lives.