A Love in Germany (1983)
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.
Director:
Andrzej Wajda
Writers:
Agnieszka Holland, Andrzej Wajda, Bolesław Michałek.
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Hanna Schygulla as Pauline Kropp |
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Piotr Łysak as Stanislaus |
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Armin Mueller-Stahl as Mayer |
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Ralf Wolter as Schulze |
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Daniel Olbrychski as Wiktorczyk |
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Bernhard Wicki as Dr. Borg |
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Gérard Desarthe as Karl Wyler |
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Elisabeth Trissenaar as Elisabeth Schnittgens |
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Sigfrit Steiner as Melchior |
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Erika Wackernagel as Frau Melchior |
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Ben Becker as Klaus |
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Otto Sander as Narrator |
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Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Zinngruber |
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Gernot Duda as Stackmann |
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Serge Merlin as Alker |
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Thomas Ringelmann as Herbert |
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Heidi Joschko as Frau Zinngruber |
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Ilse Bahrs as Frau Schnittgens, old |
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Marie-Hélène Dasté as Maria Wyler, old |
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Marie-Christine Barrault as Maria Wyler |
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Jürgen Born as 1 Policeman |
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Dieter Kursawe as 2 Policeman |
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Ellen Esser as Prison Guard |
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Christoph Beyertt as Patient |
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Evelyn Meyka as Nun |
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Herbert Weißbach as Druggist |
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Gudrun Geier as Old Lady |
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Rainer Basedow as Stackmann's Son (uncredited) |
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Ulrich Heimann as Prisoner of War (uncredited) |
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Gerd Holtenau as Chief Physician (uncredited) |
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Hannes Kaetner as Klages (uncredited) |
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Dieter Kirchlechner as Mari De Paulina (uncredited) |
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Jutta Klöppel as Stackmann's Stepdaughter (uncredited) |
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André Mantz as Prisoner of War (uncredited) |
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Dietrich Mattausch as Counsel (uncredited) |
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Dorothea Moritz as Martha (uncredited) |
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Bernhard Papke as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Gundula Petrovska as Postal Employee (uncredited) |
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Jürgen von Alten as (uncredited) |
| Art | Götz Heymann | Art Direction |
| Production | Krystyna Zachwatowicz | Casting |
| Camera | Igor Luther | Director of Photography |
| Production | Artur Brauner | Producer |
| Art | Allan Starski | Set Designer |
| Production | Ingrid Zoré | Casting |
| Sound | Michel Legrand | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anni Nöbauer | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kerstin Georgi | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Agnieszka Holland | Screenplay |
| Editing | Halina Prugar-Ketling | Editor |
| Art | Jürgen Henze | Art Direction |
| Production | Willi Segler | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Horst Willim | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Rolf Hochhuth | Novel |
| Writing | Andrzej Wajda | Screenplay |
| Directing | Andrzej Wajda | Director |
| Writing | Bolesław Michałek | Screenplay |
