A Love in Germany (1983)

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Country: France, West Germany
Genres: Drama
Release: 1983-11-02
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writers: Boleslaw Michalek , Agnieszka Holland , Andrzej Wajda , Rolf Hochhuth
Language: German | Polish
Stars: Hanna Schygulla , Piotr Lysak , Armin Mueller-Stahl , Ralf Wolter , Daniel Olbrychski , Bernhard Wicki , Gérard Desarthe , Elisabeth Trissenaar , Sigfrit Steiner , Erika Wackernagel
Runtime: 110 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
AKA: Eine Liebe in Deutschland , Un amor en Alemania (Mexico) , Rakkautta Saksassa (Finland) , Um Amor na Alemanha (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Un amor en Alemania (Spain) , Un amore in Germania (Italy) , Eine Liebe in Deutschland (India) , Szerelem Németországban (Hungary) , Eine Liebe in Deutschland , Almanya'da Bir aşk (Turkey) , Um Amor na Alemanha (Brazil) , Un amour en Allemagne (France, French Republic) , Miłość w Niemczech (Poland) , ドイツの恋 (Japan) , Un amor en Alemania (Argentina) , Любовь в Германии , A Love in Germany (United States of America)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0085843