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Release Year1990
Runtime1h 42m
LanguageGerman
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
Votes1
DirectorMaxim Dessau
WritersPeter Badel, Maxim Dessau, Brigitte Reimann
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.0 out of 10
Cast6 credited
Also Known AsErster Verlust
About Erster Verlust
In a German village in 1942, farmer Heinrich Marten is conscripted, leaving behind his wife Kathrin and sister Frieda. As the two young women cannot manage the farm alone, they are given help by the state: a prisoner of war. The Russian Alexei is emaciated and has to be nursed back to health by the women. Working together in the fields and on the farm, Kathrin and Frieda inevitably get closer to the Russian. The resolute Frieda is courted by the local farmer Otto Lange and is at the same time dependent on him. A love affair develops between Kathrin and Alexei. They make love in a shed. But the couple is discovered by a soldier and Alexej flees. He is caught by young Nazis and taken away.
Directed by Maxim Dessau, Erster Verlust leans on a strong ensemble — Horst Krause, Jaecki Schwarz, Julia Jäger — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1990.
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