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 (1985-01-31) (East Germany) February 1985 (1985-02) (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

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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

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

External links

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v t e Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear
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