A Love in Germany

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.

Main Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Pauline Kropp

Age : N/A | Popularity : 97%

Piotr Łysak

Stanislaus

Age : 65 | Popularity : 13%

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Mayer

Age : 93 | Popularity : 76%

Ralf Wolter

Schulze

Age : N/A | Popularity : 49%

Daniel Olbrychski

Wiktorczyk

Age : N/A | Popularity : 40%

Bernhard Wicki

Dr. Borg

Age : 80 | Popularity : 18%

Gérard Desarthe

Karl Wyler

Age : 79 | Popularity : 15%

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Elisabeth Schnittgens

Age : 80 | Popularity : 35%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Art Direction	Jürgen Henze Götz Heymann
	Set Designer	Allan Starski
Production	Producer	Willi Segler Artur Brauner
	Casting	Ingrid Zoré Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Writing	Screenplay	Agnieszka Holland Bolesław Michałek Andrzej Wajda
	Novel	Rolf Hochhuth
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Kerstin Georgi Anni Nöbauer Horst Willim
Camera	Director of Photography	Igor Luther
Sound	Original Music Composer	Michel Legrand
Directing	Director	Andrzej Wajda
Editing	Editor	Halina Prugar-Ketling
Department	Role	Name

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