Overview
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa, and hides her in his cellar. Leon's a middle-aged Catholic bachelor, tormented by his sexual drive. He doesn't tell Rosa he's seen signs her husband is alive, and he begs her to love him. Rosa offers herself to Leon if he'll help a local Jew in hiding who needs money. Leon pays, and love between Rosa and him does develop, but then Leon's peasant subservience and his limited empathy lead to tragedy. At the war's end, a ray of sunshine comes from an unexpected place.
Director and cast
- Agnieszka Holland Director
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Leon Wolny
- Elisabeth Trissenaar as Rosa Eckart
- Wojciech Pszoniak as Cybulkowski
- Gerd Baltus as Geistlicher
- Käte Jaenicke as Anna
- Margit Carstensen as Eugenia
- Kurt Raab as Maslanko
- Tilly Lauenstein as Frau Kaminska
- Hans Beerhenke as Kaspar
- Anita Höfer as Pauline
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