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A Love in Germany(1983)
Status: Released
Date: 1983-10-26
49%
7 Votes
Time: 2h 12m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Polish, German.
Countries:
Germany,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: A Love in Germany
Top 10 Billed Cast
Hanna Schygulla
Pauline Kropp
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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Overview
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.
Release Date
1983-10-26
Average
4.9
Rating:
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