The Woman and the Stranger

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The Woman and the Stranger
Directed byRainer Simon
Written byRainer Simon
Produced by
Starring
  • Kathrin Waligura
  • Siegfried Höchst
  • Joachim Lätsch
  • Katrin Knappe
Release dates
  • 31 January 1985 (East Germany)
  • February, 1985 (BIFF)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman

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

References

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

External links