The Woman and the Stranger

The Woman and the Stranger (1985)


  • Genre: War, Drama
  • Release Date: 1985-01-31
  • User Rating: 4.4/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: East Germany
  • Director: Rainer Simon
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Summary

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.

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  • Kathrin Waligura

    as Anna

  • Joachim Lätsch

    as Karl

  • Peter Zimmermann

    as Richard

  • Katrin Knappe

    as Marie

  • Ulrich Mühe

    as Revolutionär

  • Christine Schorn

    as Trude

  • Siegfried Höchst

    as Horst

  • Hans-Uwe Bauer

    as Verwirrter Soldat

  • Herbert Sand

    as Kriegsinvalide

  • Erdmute Schmidt-Christian

    as

  • Mirko Haninger

    as

  • Reiner Heise

    as

  • Karl-Ernst Horbol

    as

  • Daniel Fries

    as

  • Roman-Eckhard Galonska

    as

  • Cornelia Hudl

    as

  • Rosemarie Herzog

    as

  • Rolf-Martin Kruckenberg

    as

  • Timo Jacob

    as

  • Gertraud Last

    as

  • Erhard Marggraf

    as

  • Knut Schultheiß

    as

  • Jana Simon

    as

  • Hasso von Lenski

    as

  • Gabriele Zion

    as
Directing Rainer Simon Director
Editing Helga Gentz Editor
Writing Rainer Simon Writer
Writing Leonhard Frank Writer
Crew Roland Dressel Cinematography
Sound Reiner Bredemeyer Music

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