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Germany 2008
by Petra Weisenburger

Jenny Groellmann (1947-2006), often called the "Romy Schneider of the East", was one of the great character actors of the GDR, who, under other circumstances, would have entered into the annals of world cinema. But then came the Fall of the Wall and a reunified Germany trying to come to terms with an uncomfortable past, often craving scapegoats. Jenny soon found herself caught in the maelstrom of a ruthless media campaign that sought to denounce her as a Stasi informer. A witch-hunt began with t