Angry Harvest

In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa, and hides her in his cellar. Leon's a middle-aged Catholic bachelor, tormented by his sexual drive. He doesn't tell Rosa he's seen signs her husband is alive, and he begs her to love him. Rosa offers herself to Leon if he'll help a local Jew in hiding who needs money. Leon pays, and love between Rosa and him does develop, but then Leon's peasant subservience and his limited empathy lead to tragedy. At the war's end, a ray of sunshine comes from an unexpected place.

Cast

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as Leon Wolny

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Elisabeth Trissenaar

as Rosa Eckart

Wojciech Pszoniak

Wojciech Pszoniak

as Cybulkowski

Gerd Baltus

Gerd Baltus

as Geistlicher

Käte Jaenicke

Käte Jaenicke

as Anna

Margit Carstensen

Margit Carstensen

as Eugenia

Kurt Raab

Kurt Raab

as Maslanko

Tilly Lauenstein

Tilly Lauenstein

as Frau Kaminska

Hans Beerhenke

Hans Beerhenke

as Kaspar

Anita Höfer

Anita Höfer

as Pauline

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