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Francesca Mondino
Francesca Mondino
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Name Francesca Mondino
Gender Female
Allegiance France
Third Reich
Title/Rank Translator
Nationality French
Fate Killed in the cinema by Omar Ulmer
Portrayed by Julie Dreyfus
“Bonjour.”
Francesca Mondino

Francesca Mondino is the French interpreteur of Joseph Goebbels. She also was his mistress and seemed to care for him, as shown when she comforts him in the scene where Goebbels is crying.

Biography

Francesca Mondino was born in France. She became an actress. She also speaks German fluently.

Story

Chapter Three - GERMAN NIGHT IN PARIS

Francesca is first seen at the restaurant where Joseph Goebbels and Frederick Zoller were having dinner. Here she acts as translator for Emmanuelle Mimieux. After, she and Goebbels leave for their "next appointment".

Chapter Five - REVENGE OF THE GIANT FACE

Francesca is seen at the Stolz der Nation premiere, in Shosanna's cinema lobby, with Goebbels, Zoller Emil Jannings and later Shosanna. After all the crowd is announced to go and occupy their seats, Francesca is seen with Goebbels in their opera box, listening to his jokes. Here she comforts Goebbels when the latter begins to cry after Hitler congratulated him on his latest film. When Omar and Donny burst in Hitler's lounge, she was killed by Omar, who emptied an entire magazine in her stomach.

Trivia

  • Francesca Mondino bears a similarity with the real life Czech actress Lída Baarová, who had an affair with Joseph Goebbels.

Personality

She and Goebbels had an affair.

Behind the scenes

She was played by Julie Dreyfus.

The role of Francesca Mondino was written especially for Julie Dreyfus, who played a similar character in Quentin Tarantino's previous movie, Kill Bill: Vol. 1.

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