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A Love in Germany

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Original title

Eine Liebe in Deutschland

Year

1983

Running time

132 min.

Country

Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Screenwriter

Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland, Boleslaw Michalek. Novel: Rolf Hochhuth

Cast

Music

Michel Legrand

Cinematography

Igor Luther

Producer

Co-production Germany - West Germany (FRG)-France;

Gaumont, Stand'art, TF1 Films Production, CCC Filmproduktion

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Awards: 1983: Venice Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Lion

1984: National Board of Review: Top Foreign Films

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A Love in Germany

1983

Andrzej Wajda

6.2

(58)