The First Polka
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.
Year: 1979
Genre: Drama
Studio: Bavaria Film, Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft, WDR
Director: Klaus Emmerich
Cast: Maria Schell, Ernst Stankovski, Claus Theo Gärtner, Eva Maria Bauer, Erland Josephson, Guido Wieland
Crew: Horst Bienek (Novel), Klaus Emmerich (Director), Helmut Krapp (Writer), Barbara Baum (Costume Design), Michael Ballhaus (Director of Photography), Herbert Strabel (Production Design)
Runtime: 96 minutes
Release: Feb 28, 1979
IMDb: 9.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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