A Love in Germany
1983, German. Directed by Andrzej Wajda.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Andrzej WajdaDirector
- Hanna SchygullaPauline Kropp
- Piotr ŁysakStanislaus
- Armin Mueller-StahlMayer
- Ralf WolterSchulze
- Daniel OlbrychskiWiktorczyk
- Bernhard WickiDr. Borg
- Gérard DesartheKarl Wyler
- Elisabeth TrissenaarElisabeth Schnittgens
- Sigfrit SteinerMelchior
- Erika WackernagelFrau Melchior
- Ben BeckerKlaus
- Otto SanderNarrator
Details
- Released
- 26 October 1983
- Original title
- Eine Liebe in Deutschland
- Country
- Germany, France
- Written by
- Agnieszka Holland, Andrzej Wajda, Bolesław Michałek
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A Love in Germany runs 132 minutes (2h 12m).
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A Love in Germany isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 October 1983. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Love in Germany?
A Love in Germany (1983) was directed by Andrzej Wajda and stars Hanna Schygulla, Piotr Łysak, Armin Mueller-Stahl.