Star-Crossed Lovers
Star-Crossed Lovers (, King's Children; also known as Invincible Love) is a 1962 East German romantic war drama film directed by Frank Beyer. Plot Magdalena and Michael are two children from working-class families in Berlin, who have sworn to marry each other. When they grow older, after the Nazis rose to power, Michael is arrested for being a member of the Communist Party. Magdalena joins the underground party to continue his work. Jürgen, a friend of the two who is now a storm trooper, tries to convince her not to become a communist. During the Second World War, Michael is sent a penal battalion on the Eastern Front, where he meets Jürgen again as a commanding officer. Michael overpowers him, defects to the Red Army and returns to the battalion once more to convince the soldiers to surrender, thus saving their lives. He reaches Moscow, where he sees Magdalena board a plane. He tries to call out for her, but she does not hear him. They will never meet again. Cast Annekathrin Bürger as Magdalena Armin Mueller-Stahl as Michael Ulrich Thein as Jürgen Manfred Krug as captain Marga Legal as Mrs. Seifert Betty Loewen as Hanna Bartels Monika Lennartz as