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.
Cast
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Leon Wolny
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Rosa Eckart
Wojciech Pszoniak
Cybulkowski
Gerd Baltus
Geistlicher
Käte Jaenicke
Anna
Margit Carstensen
Eugenia
Kurt Raab
Maslanko
Tilly Lauenstein
Frau Kaminska
Hans Beerhenke
Kaspar
Anita Höfer
Pauline
Isa Haller
Magda / Zosia
Klaus Abramowsky
Herr Rubin
Wolf Donner
Walden
Małgorzata Gebel
Frau Rubin
Heidi Joschko
Alte Frau
Andreas Wendland
SS-Mann
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