9.0The First Polka · 1979
The First Polka (1979) is a Drama film directed by Klaus Emmerich, starring Maria Schell, Ernst Stankovski, Claus Theo Gärtner.
Drama
9.0Overview
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.
Cast
Maria Schell, Ernst Stankovski, Claus Theo Gärtner, Eva Maria Bauer, Erland Josephson, Guido Wieland, René Schell, Marco Kröger
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What is "The First Polka" about?
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.
When was "The First Polka" released?
The First Polka was released in 1979.
Who stars in "The First Polka"?
The cast includes Maria Schell, Ernst Stankovski, Claus Theo Gärtner, Eva Maria Bauer.
