Germany Pale Mother
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Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and Lene and Anna moves in with relatives in Berlin. Hans survives the war but he is not the same person as in 1939, and he and Lene find it difficult to live together again.
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Eva Mattes
Helene
Known for
Enemy at the Gates
Stroszek
Ernst Jacobi
Hans
Known for
The White Ribbon
Elisabeth Stepanek
Hanne
Also in
No Mercy, No Future
Longing for Something Completely Different
Angelika Thomas
Lydia
Also in
Katie Fforde: Dance on Broadway
Und wer nimmt den Hund?
Rainer Friedrichsen
Ulrich
Known for
Klimt
Fritz Lichtenhahn
Onkel Bertrand
Also in
Die Affäre Semmeling
Der Schattenmann
Helma Sanders-Brahms Director · Jürgen Knieper Composer Jürgen Jürges Cinematographer
United States release March 17, 1984 · Produced in Germany · Production Literarisches Colloquium, WDR
Production
Helma Sanders-Brahms Filmproduktion
Production
Literarisches Colloquium
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WDR
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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Germany
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Original title
Deutschland bleiche Mutter
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · September 26, 1980
Theatrical
United States · March 17, 1984
Theatrical
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