A Love in Germany

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Pauline Kropp

Piotr Łysak

Stanislaus

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Mayer

Ralf Wolter

Schulze

Daniel Olbrychski

Wiktorczyk

Bernhard Wicki

Dr. Borg

Gérard Desarthe

Karl Wyler

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Elisabeth Schnittgens

Sigfrit Steiner

Melchior

Erika Wackernagel

Frau Melchior

Ben Becker

Klaus

Otto Sander

Narrator

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Zinngruber

Gernot Duda

Stackmann

Serge Merlin

Alker

Thomas Ringelmann

Herbert

Heidi Joschko

Frau Zinngruber

Ilse Bahrs

Frau Schnittgens, old

Marie-Hélène Dasté

Maria Wyler, old

Marie-Christine Barrault

Maria Wyler