📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Polish
,
German
📆 Date Released:
1983-10-26
⌚ Running Time:
132 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
4.9
Beloved Cast
Pauline Kropp
Hanna Schygulla
Stanislaus
Piotr Łysak
Mayer
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Schulze
Ralf Wolter
Wiktorczyk
Daniel Olbrychski
Dr. Borg
Bernhard Wicki
Karl Wyler
Gérard Desarthe
Elisabeth Schnittgens
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Melchior
Sigfrit Steiner
Frau Melchior
Erika Wackernagel
Klaus
Ben Becker
Narrator
Otto Sander
Zinngruber
Friedrich G. Beckhaus
Stackmann
Gernot Duda
Alker
Serge Merlin
Herbert
Thomas Ringelmann
Frau Zinngruber
Heidi Joschko
Frau Schnittgens, old
Ilse Bahrs
Maria Wyler, old
Marie-Hélène Dasté
Maria Wyler
Marie-Christine Barrault
1 Policeman
Jürgen Born
2 Policeman
Dieter Kursawe
Prison Guard
Ellen Esser
Patient
Christoph Beyertt
Nun
Evelyn Meyka
Druggist
Herbert Weißbach
Old Lady
Gudrun Geier
