4.18.2022

The Matchmaker, Vidich - B+

       The story opens in Berlin in the fall of 1989. Anne is an American interpreter for the occupying authorities, and her husband Stefan is a piano tuner who travels the continent. In reality, Stefan is/was a Stasi agent, part of the Matchmaker's tactic of marrying Stasi men to westerners as part of a spy network. Stefan was also skimming from the E. Germans, and had a wife and son on the other side of the wall. He goes missing and the W. Germans think she is complicit, the E. Germans want to find him, and both sides are interested in his Swiss bank account. Anne resolves to help the wife and son and is working to help them escape when Stefan shows up on the night of November 8th. The following evening, when the wall comes down, all are able to crossover, except Stefan, whom the Stasi nab at the last moment. A month later, Stefan's cremains are delivered to the family apartment. For the W. Germans, the pursuit of the Matchmaker is on. For Anne it's simply about trying to understand what happened to her, and extracting a degree of  revenge.  This one stumbles a bit at the end, but Anne does get even.

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