A Love in Germany
4.9
1983
2h 12m
Drama
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.
Key Crew
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Producers
Artur Brauner
Willi Segler
Writers
Agnieszka Holland
Andrzej Wajda
Bolesław Michałek
Cinematography
Igor Luther
Music
Michel Legrand
Cast (39)
Hanna Schygulla
Pauline Kropp
Piotr Łysak
Stanislaus
