Die erste Polka

Synopsis

The intertwined lives of people of both Polish and German extraction who live on the pre-World War II border between the two countries are explored in this drama. Valeska is the Polish/German matriarch of a family living on the German side of the border. Her son is involved with the Hitler youth, but nonetheless keeps secret the presence on family land of a Jew who is hiding from the authorities. When the son inadvertently kills a soldier to prevent his sister from being raped, he runs away after borrowing money from the Jewish man. When soldiers come to the family's door looking for the missing soldier who had been billeted there, the Jewish man commits suicide. In another episode, one of the family's daughters marries a German soldier in a ceremony presided over by a Polish priest.

Main Cast

Maria Schell

Valeska Piontek

Age : 79 | Popularity : 51%

Ernst Stankovski

Anwalt Wondrak

Age : N/A | Popularity : 22%

Claus Theo Gärtner

Feldwebel Metzmacher

Age : 81 | Popularity : 24%

Eva Maria Bauer

Tante Lucie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Klaus Emmerich
	Assistant Director	An Dorthe Braker
Writing	Novel	Horst Bienek
	Writer	Helmut Krapp
Camera	Director of Photography	Michael Ballhaus
Production	Executive Producer	Lutz Hengst
	Producer	Helmut Krapp
	Production Manager	Dixie Sensburg
	Unit Manager	Winfried Demuss Rolf M. Degener
Sound	Original Music Composer	Edward Aniol
	Sound	Günter Blumhagen
Editing	Editor	Hannes Nikel
Art	Production Design	Herbert Strabel Rolf Zehetbauer
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Barbara Baum
Department	Role	Name

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