A Love in Germany (1983)

A Love in Germany (1983)

1983-10-26 Germany, France 132 Min. PG-13
4.9 7 votes

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.

Cast

Hanna Schygulla is Pauline Kropp
Pauline Kropp
Piotr Łysak is Stanislaus
Stanislaus
Ralf Wolter is Schulze
Daniel Olbrychski is Wiktorczyk
Bernhard Wicki is Dr. Borg
Gérard Desarthe is Karl Wyler
Elisabeth Trissenaar is Elisabeth Schnittgens
Elisabeth Schnittgens
Sigfrit Steiner is Melchior
Erika Wackernagel is Frau Melchior
Frau Melchior
Ben Becker is Klaus
Otto Sander is Narrator
Narrator