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The Woman and the Stranger

Original title: Die Frau und der Fremde
1985 · 1 h 38 min
Directed by Rainer Simon
DramaHistory

Cast

Peter Zimmermann Peter Seum Katrin Saß

Credits

Written by: Leonhard Frank

Plot

During the First World War, a German farmer, who has been sent to the front, is in love with a young woman. When he gets leave and returns home, he finds that she has fallen in love with a Russian prisoner of war who works on the farm. Rainer Simon's 1985 film, from a story by Leonhard Frank, is a quiet drama about love and the pressure of war, and won the Golden Bear in Berlin.

Sinekatalog’s take

Rainer Simon's drama has a German soldier return on leave in World War I to find his sweetheart in love with a Russian prisoner. Spare and humane, it won the Golden Bear at Berlin as a quiet, anti-war chamber piece.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (173 votes)
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