The Woman and the Stranger

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The Woman and the Stranger
Directed by	Rainer Simon
Written by	Rainer Simon
Produced by	DEFA-Studio (Potsdam-Babelsberg)
Starring	Kathrin Waligura Siegfried Höchst Joachim Lätsch Katrin Knappe
Release dates	31 January 1985 (East Germany) February, 1985 (BIFF)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	East Germany
Language	German

The Woman and the Stranger (German: Die Frau und der Fremde) is a 1985 East German film directed by Rainer Simon. It is based on Leonhard Frank's novella "Karl und Anna" and tells the story of two friends in a POW camp during World War I. One of them escapes and forms a relationship with the other man's wife. After the war her husband returns. The film was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.^[1]

It is a remake of Homecoming (1928).

Cast[edit]

Joachim Lätsch as Karl
Peter Zimmermann as Richard
Kathrin Waligura as Anna
Christine Schorn as Trude
Siegfried Höchst as Horst
Hans-Uwe Bauer as Verwirrter Soldat
Katrin Knappe as Marie
Ulrich Mühe as Revolutionär
Herbert Sand as Kriegsinvalide
Daniel Fries as Trudes kleiner Sohn
Roman-Eckhard Galonska as Nachbar
Mirko Haninger as Soldat am Fenster
Reiner Heise as Deutscher Gefangener
Rita Hirschberger as Elfie

References[edit]

^ "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-08.

External links[edit]

v t e Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear
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