26 Apr 2006
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters
At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Hanna Schygulla Pauline Kropp
Piotr Łysak Stanislaus
Armin Mueller-Stahl Mayer
Ralf Wolter Schulze
Daniel Olbrychski Wiktorczyk
Bernhard Wicki Dr. Borg
Gérard Desarthe Karl Wyler
Elisabeth Trissenaar Elisabeth Schnittgens
Sigfrit Steiner Melchior
Erika Wackernagel Frau Melchior
Ben Becker Klaus
Otto Sander Narrator
Friedrich G. Beckhaus Zinngruber
Gernot Duda Stackmann
Serge Merlin Alker
Thomas Ringelmann Herbert
Heidi Joschko Frau Zinngruber
Ilse Bahrs Frau Schnittgens, old
Marie-Hélène Dasté Maria Wyler, old
Marie-Christine Barrault Maria Wyler
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