Walerjan Wrobel’s Homesickness (1991)

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Country: Germany
Genres: Drama, History
Release: 1992-02-20
Director: Rolf Schübel
Writers: C.U. Schminck-Gustavus , Rolf Schübel
Language: German
Stars: Artur Pontek , Andrzej Mastalerz , Michal Staszczak , Michael Gwisdek , Peter Striebeck , Ferdinand Dux , Kyra Mladeck , Claudia Schermutzki , Miroslawa Marcheluk , Jakub Jablonski
Runtime: 95 min
Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations
AKA: Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness (United Kingdom) , Tęsknota Waleriana Wróbla (Poland) , Das Heimweh des Walerjan Wróbel , Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness , Walerjan Wrobels hemlängtan (Finland) , Walerjan Wróbels hemlängtan (Sweden) , Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness (United States of America) , Das Heimweh des Walerjan Wróbel (Germany)
Plot: 1939: Walerian Wrobel just reached 16 years of age, as the German occupying might , forces him to leave is homeland poland, his family and his beloved farm. He is forced to slave labor at a farm near the northern city of Bremen. Walerian is getting homesick very quickly, since he recives a very uncompassionate treatment from the owners. He decides to burn one of the barns, in the naive assumption, that the authorities will send him home. His hope is dashed, when he ends up in in the Neuengamme concentration camp, awaiting trial for sabotage against the fatherland. After 9 month he recives the death penalty by guillotine. The acting and the recreation or the time period is well build up. This movie is underrated and deserves to reach a much larger audience. Rolf Schuebel writes: None of the Germans Walerian met, had personally much against him. But they also didn't feel anything for him, and that is terrible.
IMDB:tt0102019