Germany Pale Mother

IMDb 6.6 1980 • 151 min • Drama

Director

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Country

DE

Plot Summary

Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and Lene and Anna moves in with relatives in Berlin. Hans survives the war but he is not the same person as in 1939, and he and Lene find it difficult to live together again.

Top Cast

Eva Mattes
Eva Mattes Helene
Ernst Jacobi
Ernst Jacobi Hans
Elisabeth Stepanek
Elisabeth Stepanek Hanne
Angelika Thomas
Angelika Thomas Lydia
Rainer Friedrichsen
Rainer Friedrichsen Ulrich