In this well-photographed and sometimes confusing wartime drama, an Austrian village experiences the tragedy of war on several different levels. Within one family, the younger son is jealous of the praise his father gives to a Polish POW who is working for them under very difficult conditions. Within the village as a whole, the French, Polish, and Russian POWs are kept under guard by Nazi soldiers, creating a tense situation all around. But more importantly, the village has conspired to hide an Austrian deserter in a cave up in the mountains. This act of rebellion on the part of the deserter and the village hangs in a precarious balance that could be upset by a single traitorous comment to the Gestapo.
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Cast
27 people
Florian Pircher
Santner
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Albert Paulus
Ruap
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Wochenend
Christoph Kanter
Wolfram Paulus
Monika Maruschko
Helmut Vogel
Jacek
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Propellerblume
Wolfgang Simon
Peter Voiss
Rolf Zacher
Overseer
Known for
Just Desserts
Axel von Hahn
Bert Breit
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Raffl
Coconuts
Claus-Dieter Reents
Gestapo man
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Marienhof
Wolfram Paulus Director · Wolfgang Simon Cinematographer Barbara Langbein Costume designer
First release February 15, 1986 · Produced in Germany, Austria · Production MARWO Filmproduktion, Voissfilm
Production
BR
Production
MARWO Filmproduktion
Production
Voissfilm
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Bayerischer Rundfunk
Production
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Production
Germany · Austria
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Original title
Heidenlöcher
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 15, 1986
Premiere · West-Berlin
Austria · February 28, 1986
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