The First Polka

The First Polka

1979
1h 36m
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Overview

The intertwined lives of people of both Polish and German extraction who live on the pre-World War II border between the two countries are explored in this drama. Valeska is the Polish/German matriarch of a family living on the German side of the border. Her son is involved with the Hitler youth, but nonetheless keeps secret the presence on family land of a Jew who is hiding from the authorities. When the son inadvertently kills a soldier to prevent his sister from being raped, he runs away after borrowing money from the Jewish man. When soldiers come to the family's door looking for the missing soldier who had been billeted there, the Jewish man commits suicide. In another episode, one of the family's daughters marries a German soldier in a ceremony presided over by a Polish priest.

Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
Bavaria Film Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft WDR
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Quick Facts

Original Title Die erste Polka
Release Date February 28, 1979
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0079113

Cast

Maria Schell
Maria Schell

Valeska Piontek

Ernst Stankovski
Ernst Stankovski

Anwalt Wondrak

Claus Theo Gärtner
Claus Theo Gärtner

Feldwebel Metzmacher

Eva Maria Bauer
Eva Maria Bauer

Tante Lucie

Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson

Leo Maria Piontek

Guido Wieland
Guido Wieland

Herr Montag

René Schell
René Schell

Josef Piontek

Marco Kröger
Marco Kröger

Andreas

Jan Biczycki
Jan Biczycki

Archpriest Pattas

Regine Lamster
Regine Lamster

Irma

Key Crew

Klaus Emmerich
Director
Helmut Krapp
Writer
Helmut Krapp
Producer
Lutz Hengst
Executive Producer

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