Directed by:
Frank BeyerScreenplay:
Wolfgang KohlhaaseCinematography:
Eberhard GeickComposer:
Günther FischerCast:
Sylvester Groth, Fred Düren, Günter Junghans, Horst Giese, Roman Wilhelmi, Henryk Talar, Andrzej Pieczynski, Tomasz Stockinger, Marcin Tronski (more)Plots(1)
This film and its story of a young German soldier who is wrongly suspected of murder and temporarily imprisoned with war criminals in Poland at the end of the Second World War did not always meet with approval. Accepted for the 1983 Berlinale, the GDR withdrew the film shortly before the festival after Poland took exception to the work. The East German authorities gave no official reason for their action. Now, on the occasion of the awarding of an Honorary Berlin Bear to Wolfgang Kohlhaase, the film will at last enjoy its deserved festival presentation. (Berlinale)
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Movies are best when you expect nothing at all from them and then they get you with a good story. One such movie is exactly Der Aufenthalt that is set at the end of WW2 and it tells the story of everything that the fallen German soldiers had to go through. The movie might be from the 1980s, but it perfectly exemplifies the psyche of the individual characters, each of whom are interesting. It’s also interesting that you can’t really form a connection to these kinds of characters, but I still managed to get engaged by the main character. Maybe it was the theoretical injustice and desperation. In the end, I enjoyed the movie like a fine wine and I have the user Emma53’s recommendation to thank for that.
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