A Love in Germany
26/10/1983
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.
Movie Information
Hanna Schygulla
as Pauline Kropp
Piotr Łysak
as Stanislaus
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Mayer
Ralf Wolter
as Schulze
Daniel Olbrychski
as Wiktorczyk
Bernhard Wicki
as Dr. Borg
Gérard Desarthe
as Karl Wyler
Elisabeth Trissenaar
as Elisabeth Schnittgens
Sigfrit Steiner
as Melchior
Erika Wackernagel
as Frau Melchior
Ben Becker
as Klaus
Otto Sander
as Narrator
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
as Zinngruber
Gernot Duda
as Stackmann
Serge Merlin
as Alker
Thomas Ringelmann
as Herbert
Heidi Joschko
as Frau Zinngruber
Ilse Bahrs
as Frau Schnittgens, old
Marie-Hélène Dasté
as Maria Wyler, old
Marie-Christine Barrault
as Maria Wyler
Jürgen Born
as 1 Policeman
Dieter Kursawe
as 2 Policeman
Ellen Esser
as Prison Guard
Christoph Beyertt
as Patient
Evelyn Meyka
as Nun
Herbert Weißbach
as Druggist
Gudrun Geier
as Old Lady
Rainer Basedow
as Stackmann's Son (uncredited)
Ulrich Heimann
as Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Gerd Holtenau
as Chief Physician (uncredited)
Hannes Kaetner
as Klages (uncredited)
Dieter Kirchlechner
as Mari De Paulina (uncredited)
Jutta Klöppel
as Stackmann's Stepdaughter (uncredited)
André Mantz
as Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Dietrich Mattausch
as Counsel (uncredited)
Dorothea Moritz
as Martha (uncredited)
Bernhard Papke
as Soldier (uncredited)
Gundula Petrovska
as Postal Employee (uncredited)
Jürgen von Alten
as (uncredited)
