
Basedonanon-fictionbestsellerofthesamenamebyRolfHochhuth,EineLiebeInDeutschlandisaboutatragicandforbiddenloveaffairbetweenStanislaw,aPolishPOW(PiotrLysak)andPaulina(HannaSchygulla)afruit-and-vegetablevendorinasmalltowninGermanyalongtheborderwithSwitzerland.Theiraffairwouldhavegoneundetectedexceptforthebusybodywomenofthevillage,andwhenStanislawispickedupbyaGermanstormtrooper(ArminMüller-Stahl)andbroughtinforamocktrial,heisgivenachancetoprovehisracialpurityandsoperhapsescapeexecution.AsforPaulina,sheisostracizedbythevillagersandimprisonedforconsortingwithsomeonewhowasnotofthesamehighAryancasteasherself.Depressing,yetpoliticallyrelevanttoPolandoftheearly1980s,thisfilmbyacclaimeddirectorAndrzejWajda)isaneffectiveandemotionalstatementonthenatureofoppression.







