Die erste Polka (1979)
1h 36m
Running Time
February 28, 1979Release Date
Die erste Polka (1979)
1h 36m
Running Time
February 28, 1979Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Maria Schell
Valeska Piontek

Ernst Stankovski
Anwalt Wondrak

Claus Theo Gärtner
Feldwebel Metzmacher

Erland Josephson
Leo Maria Piontek

Eva Maria Bauer
Tante Lucie

Guido Wieland
Montag

Klaus Emmerich
Director

Horst Bienek
Novel

Helmut Krapp
Writer / Producer

René Schell
Josef Piontek

Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography

Marco Kröger
Andreas

Lutz Hengst
Executive Producer

Edward Aniol
Original Music Composer

Hannes Nikel
Editor

Jan Biczycki
Erzpriester Pattas

Herbert Strabel
Production Design

Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design

Barbara Baum
Costume Design

An Dorthe Braker
Assistant Director

Dixie Sensburg
Production Manager

Winfried Demuss
Unit Manager

Rolf M. Degener
Unit Manager

Günter Blumhagen
Sound
Details.
Wiki.
The First Polka (German: Die erste Polka) is a 1979 West German drama film directed by Klaus Emmerich. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. It is an adaptation of The First Polka: A Novel by Horst Bienek.