Movie Description
Die erste Polka
(1979)Overview
The intertwined lives of people of both Polish and German extraction who live on the pre-World War II border between the two countries are explored in this drama. Valeska is the Polish/German matriarch of a family living on the German side of the border. Her son is involved with the Hitler youth, but nonetheless keeps secret the presence on family land of a Jew who is hiding from the authorities. When the son inadvertently kills a soldier to prevent his sister from being raped, he runs away after borrowing money from the Jewish man. When soldiers come to the family's door looking for the missing soldier who had been billeted there, the Jewish man commits suicide. In another episode, one of the family's daughters marries a German soldier in a ceremony presided over by a Polish priest.
Featured Crew
- Director : Klaus Emmerich
- Producer : Helmut Krapp
- Writer : Helmut Krapp
- Editor : Hannes Nikel
- Cast : Maria Schell,Ernst Stankovski,Claus Theo Gärtner,Eva Maria Bauer,Erland Josephson,Guido Wieland,René Schell,Marco Kröger,Jan Biczycki,Regine Lamster
Cast
Valeska Piontek
Anwalt Wondrak
Feldwebel Metzmacher
Tante Lucie
Leo Maria Piontek
Herr Montag
Josef Piontek
Andreas
Archpriest Pattas
Irma
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Facts
Original TitleDie erste Polka
Status Released
Release Information
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1979-02-28
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 36m
Production CompaniesBavaria Film,Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft,WDR
Genres
- Drama
