FOR ELISE

FOR ELISE
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
1938. The British Ambassador hosts a lavish reception in the Berlin Embassy. Rittmeister Wolfgang von Mau is commanded to seduce newly arrived Welsh diplomat, Elise de Clare. What he and his commanding officers don’t know, is their meeting is no coincidence. Her name isn’t Elise, she works for British intelligence and has been ordered to spy on the Rittmeister. As Wolf and Elise meet the demands of their paymasters and negotiate the whirl of Berlin high society, war clouds gather on the horizon bringing the “Gotterdammerung” the twilight of the Gods, to Europe. Lights go out, blackout falls, hostilities commence, and Wolf and Elise discover the unthinkable has happened. They have fallen in love.