View Item - GR-B019-1985

Language:
German
Category:
Drama
Duration:
102 min
Catalog Num:
GR-B019-1985
Title:
Bittere Ernte (Angry Harvest)
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
German

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

"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." Notes: "On reserve Spring 2001 for FMS 375, Professor Schindler". Director: Agnieszka Holland. Actors: "Gerd Baltus,Hans Beerhenke,Margit Carstensen,Isa Haller,Anita HÜfer" . Color. Country: West Germany. Subtitled.

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