A Love in Germany
Eine Liebe in Deutschland
Release: 1983-10-26
·Runtime: 132m
·★ 4.9
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Germany
France
Production Companies
CCC Filmkunst
Cast
Piotr Łysak
as Stanislaus
Gérard Desarthe
as Karl Wyler
Gernot Duda
as Stackmann
Marie-Christine Barrault
as Maria Wyler
Dietrich Mattausch
as Counsel (uncredited)
Hanna Schygulla
as Pauline Kropp
Bernhard Wicki
as Dr. Borg
Dieter Kirchlechner
as Mari De Paulina (uncredited)
Rainer Basedow
as Stackmann's Son (uncredited)
Ralf Wolter
as Schulze
Serge Merlin
as Alker
Christoph Beyertt
as Patient
Daniel Olbrychski
as Wiktorczyk
Ben Becker
as Klaus
Marie-Hélène Dasté
as Maria Wyler, old
Jutta Klöppel
as Stackmann's Stepdaughter (uncredited)
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Mayer
Elisabeth Trissenaar
as Elisabeth Schnittgens
Sigfrit Steiner
as Melchior
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
as Zinngruber
Gundula Petrovska
as Postal Employee (uncredited)
Gudrun Geier
as Old Lady
Otto Sander
as Narrator
