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Release Date:
October 26, 1983
Original Title:
Eine Liebe in Deutschland
Alternate Titles:
A Love in Germany
Un amour en Allemagne
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
CCC Filmkunst
Production Countries:
France | Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 132
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.
Art Direction:
Götz Heymann
Jürgen Henze
Casting:
Ingrid Zoré
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Director:
Andrzej Wajda
Director of Photography:
Igor Luther
Editor:
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Makeup Artist:
Anni Nöbauer
Kerstin Georgi
Horst Willim
Novel:
Rolf Hochhuth
Original Music Composer:
Michel Legrand
Producer:
Willi Segler
Artur Brauner
Screenplay:
Agnieszka Holland
Andrzej Wajda
Bolesław Michałek
Set Designer:
Allan Starski
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