A Love in Germany
132 mins
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.
Erika Wackernagel
Frau Melchior
Thomas Ringelmann
Herbert
Heidi Joschko
Frau Zinngruber
Ilse Bahrs
Frau Schnittgens, old
Jürgen Born
1 Policeman
Dieter Kursawe
2 Policeman
Ellen Esser
Prison Guard
Evelyn Meyka
Nun
Herbert Weißbach
Druggist
Ulrich Heimann
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Gerd Holtenau
Chief Physician (uncredited)
Hannes Kaetner
Klages (uncredited)
André Mantz
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Dorothea Moritz
Martha (uncredited)
Bernhard Papke
Soldier (uncredited)
Jürgen von Alten
(uncredited)
Willi Segler
Producer
Jürgen Henze
Art Direction
Götz Heymann
Art Direction
Ingrid Zoré
Casting
Kerstin Georgi
Makeup Artist
Anni Nöbauer
Makeup Artist
Horst Willim
Makeup Artist
Rolf Hochhuth
Novel
