Angry Harvest (1985)
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa, and hides her in his cellar. Leon's a middle-aged Catholic bachelor, tormented by his sexual drive. He doesn't tell Rosa he's seen signs her husband is alive, and he begs her to love him. Rosa offers herself to Leon if he'll help a local Jew in hiding who needs money. Leon pays, and love between Rosa and him does develop, but then Leon's peasant subservience and his limited empathy lead to tragedy. At the war's end, a ray of sunshine comes from an unexpected place.
Director: Agnieszka Holland
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Armin Mueller-Stahl as Leon Wolny |
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Elisabeth Trissenaar as Rosa Eckart |
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Wojciech Pszoniak as Cybulkowski |
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Gerd Baltus as Geistlicher |
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Käte Jaenicke as Anna |
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Margit Carstensen as Eugenia |
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Kurt Raab as Maslanko |
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Tilly Lauenstein as Frau Kaminska |
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Hans Beerhenke as Kaspar |
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Anita Höfer as Pauline |
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Isa Haller as Magda / Zosia |
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Klaus Abramowsky as Herr Rubin |
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Wolf Donner as Walden |
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Małgorzata Gebel as Frau Rubin |
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Heidi Joschko as Alte Frau |
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Andreas Wendland as SS-Mann |
| Directing | Agnieszka Holland | Director |
| Editing | Barbara Kunze | Editor |
| Writing | Paul Hengge | Writer |
| Writing | Stanislaw Mierzenski | Novel |
| Writing | Agnieszka Holland | Writer |
| Writing | Hermann H. Field | Novel |
| Sound | Jörg Straßburger | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jozef Ort-Šnep | Director of Photography |
| Production | Artur Brauner | Producer |
| Production | Klaus Riemer | Producer |
