A Love in Germany (1983)
Drama • 2ч 12м
In May of 1983, a man turns 49 and, with his 17-year old son, journeys to the village in Baden that he left 40 years before. He wants to discover what happened then, the truth about an affair his mother had with a young Polish prisoner of war, how the authorities came to learn of it, the lovers' arrest, and the aftermath. While his son takes Polaroid photographs, he retraces the steps of his childhood and interviews those who should remember. The story is disclosed in flashbacks that focus on the lovers (Paulina and Stanislaus), on a jealous and conniving neighbor, and on Mayer, the local SS commander who wants to find a way out of inevitable consequences.
TMDB rating:
5.5
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Cast
Hanna Schygulla
Pauline Kropp
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Piotr Łysak
Stanislaus
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Mayer
Ralf Wolter
Schulze
Daniel Olbrychski
Wiktorczyk
Bernhard Wicki
Dr. Borg
Gérard Desarthe
Karl Wyler
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Elisabeth Schnittgens
Sigfrit Steiner
Melchior
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Erika Wackernagel
Frau Melchior
Ben Becker
Klaus
Otto Sander
Narrator
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
Zinngruber
Gernot Duda
Stackmann
Serge Merlin
Alker
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Thomas Ringelmann
Herbert
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Heidi Joschko
Frau Zinngruber
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Ilse Bahrs
Frau Schnittgens, old
Marie-Hélène Dasté
Maria Wyler, old
Marie-Christine Barrault
Maria Wyler
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Jürgen Born
1 Policeman
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Dieter Kursawe
2 Policeman
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Ellen Esser
Prison Guard
Christoph Beyertt
Patient
Crew
Artur Brauner
Producer
Willi Segler
Producer
Allan Starski
Set Designer
Jürgen Henze
Art Direction
Götz Heymann
Art Direction
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Casting
Ingrid Zoré
Casting
Kerstin Georgi
Makeup Artist
Anni Nöbauer
Makeup Artist
Horst Willim
Makeup Artist
Igor Luther
Director of Photography
Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Rolf Hochhuth
Novel
Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay
Bolesław Michałek
Screenplay
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