A Love in Germany

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.

Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

as Pauline Kropp

Piotr Łysak

Piotr Łysak

as Stanislaus

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as Mayer

Ralf Wolter

Ralf Wolter

as Schulze

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

as Wiktorczyk

Bernhard Wicki

Bernhard Wicki

as Dr. Borg

Gérard Desarthe

Gérard Desarthe

as Karl Wyler

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Elisabeth Trissenaar

as Elisabeth Schnittgens

Sigfrit Steiner

Sigfrit Steiner

as Melchior

Erika Wackernagel

Erika Wackernagel

as Frau Melchior

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