A Love in Germany
movie
Released October 26, 1983
Genres:
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
as
Pauline Kropp
Piotr Łysak
as
Stanislaus
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as
Mayer
Ralf Wolter
as
Schulze
Daniel Olbrychski
as
Wiktorczyk
Bernhard Wicki
as
Dr. Borg
Gérard Desarthe
as
Karl Wyler
Elisabeth Trissenaar
as
Elisabeth Schnittgens
Sigfrit Steiner
as
Melchior
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Erika Wackernagel
as
Frau Melchior
Ben Becker
as
Klaus
Otto Sander
as
Narrator
Crew
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Willi Segler
as
Producer
Michel Legrand
as
Original Music Composer
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Götz Heymann
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Art Direction
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Anni Nöbauer
as
Makeup Artist
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Ingrid Zoré
as
Casting
Igor Luther
as
Director of Photography
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Kerstin Georgi
as
Makeup Artist
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
as
Casting
Allan Starski
as
Set Designer
Halina Prugar-Ketling
as
Editor
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Jürgen Henze
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Art Direction
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Horst Willim
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Makeup Artist