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The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Directed by Rainer Simon
War, Drama · 1h 37m
Based on a switched identity, in circumstances that are found in real life as well as fiction, this drama tells the story of two soldiers fighting together in World War I. Karl (Joachim Latsch) and Richard (Hans-Use Bauer) become close friends while serving time in a German POW camp. One day Karl manages a successful escape and goes to Richard's home where he seeks refuge posing as Richard. But Richard's wife Anna (Kathrin Waligura) has never given up hope that her husband is still alive -- a possibility that would shatter Karl's proposed new life. In fact, Richard did not die in the POW camp. This film shared the Grand Prix award at the 1985 Berlin Film Festival.
Cast
Kathrin Waligura
Joachim Lätsch
Peter Zimmermann
Ulrich Mühe
Christine Schorn
Siegfried Höchst
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Reiner Heise
Crew
- Director
- Rainer Simon
- Writer
- Leonhard Frank, Rainer Simon
- Editor
- Helga Gentz
Details
- Original title
- Die Frau und der Fremde
- Release date
- 1985-01-31
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Johannisthal"