The Woman and the Stranger (1985)

Original title

Die Frau und der Fremde

Directed by

Rainer Simon

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

German Democratic Republic, Germany

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a World War I POW camp, two men become friends. One escapes and goes to live with the other man's wife, and they start a relationship. When the husband returns from the war, tensions arise.

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What happens

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. It is a remake of Homecoming (1928). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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