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
Otto Sander
as Narrator
Jutta Klöppel
as Stackmann's Stepdaughter (uncredited)
Gernot Duda
as Stackmann
Serge Merlin
as Alker
Marie-Christine Barrault
as Maria Wyler
Christoph Beyertt
as Patient
Rainer Basedow
as Stackmann's Son (uncredited)
Dietrich Mattausch
as Counsel (uncredited)
Ralf Wolter
as Schulze
Gérard Desarthe
as Karl Wyler
Gundula Petrovska
as Postal Employee (uncredited)
Elisabeth Trissenaar
as Elisabeth Schnittgens
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
as Zinngruber
Hanna Schygulla
as Pauline Kropp
Daniel Olbrychski
as Wiktorczyk
Gudrun Geier
as Old Lady
Dieter Kirchlechner
as Mari De Paulina (uncredited)
Piotr Łysak
as Stanislaus
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Mayer
Marie-Hélène Dasté
as Maria Wyler, old
Bernhard Wicki
as Dr. Borg
Sigfrit Steiner
as Melchior
Ben Becker
as Klaus
