A Love in Germany

4.9
19832h 12m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Pauline Kropp

Photo of Elisabeth Trissenaar

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Elisabeth Schnittgens

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Otto Sander

Narrator

Photo of Gernot Duda

Gernot Duda

Stackmann

Photo of Marie-Hélène Dasté

Marie-Hélène Dasté

Maria Wyler, old

Photo of Gudrun Geier

Gudrun Geier

Old Lady

Photo of Rainer Basedow

Rainer Basedow

Stackmann's Son (uncredited)

Photo of Dieter Kirchlechner

Dieter Kirchlechner

Mari De Paulina (uncredited)

Photo of Jutta Klöppel

Jutta Klöppel

Stackmann's Stepdaughter (uncredited)

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