A Love in Germany
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.
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39 people
Hanna Schygulla
Pauline Kropp
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Piotr Łysak
Stanislaus
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
Mayer
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Ralf Wolter
Schulze
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Daniel Olbrychski
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Bernhard Wicki
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Gérard Desarthe
Karl Wyler
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Elisabeth Trissenaar
Elisabeth Schnittgens
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Sigfrit Steiner
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Erika Wackernagel
Frau Melchior
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Ben Becker
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Otto Sander
Narrator
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Andrzej Wajda Director · Agnieszka Holland Screenplay Bolesław Michałek Screenplay
First release October 26, 1983 · Produced in Germany, France · Languages German, Polish
Production
CCC Filmkunst
Production
Germany · France
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Original title
Eine Liebe in Deutschland
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Polish
Release dates
Germany · October 26, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
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