Movie: A Love in Germany

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla

Pauline Kropp

Piotr Łysak
Piotr Łysak

Stanislaus

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl

Mayer

Ralf Wolter
Ralf Wolter

Schulze

Daniel Olbrychski
Daniel Olbrychski

Wiktorczyk

Bernhard Wicki
Bernhard Wicki

Dr. Borg

Gérard Desarthe
Gérard Desarthe

Karl Wyler

Elisabeth Trissenaar
Elisabeth Trissenaar

Elisabeth Schnittgens

Sigfrit Steiner
Sigfrit Steiner

Melchior

Erika Wackernagel
Erika Wackernagel

Frau Melchior

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    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

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    DeutschPolski
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