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Germany Pale Mother is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms released in USA on 17 march 1984 with Eva Mattes

Germany Pale Mother (1980)

Germany Pale Mother
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Released in USA 17 march 1984
Length 1h57
OriginGerman
Genres Drama
Rating71% 3.586973.586973.586973.586973.58697

Germany, Pale Mother (German: Deutschland bleiche Mutter) is a 1980 West German drama film written and directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. It was shown at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival in 1980, where it was nominated for a Golden Bear award. It was not released in the United States until 1984.

Synopsis

The film is narrated by Anna, a German woman who tells the story of her parents before, during and after World War II. Her mother, Lene, meets her father, Hans, and they fall in love and marry. As the war breaks out, Hans is conscripted into the army and Lene suffers through air raids in Berlin. Her relationship with Hans becomes increasingly strained during his infrequent returns home on leave. She gives birth to Anna, and undergoes great hardship to keep her safe, crossing a forest in winter to escape to her family in the country, and later living a life of poverty in the ruins of postwar Berlin. As life returns to normal after the war, she and Hans are unable to rekindle their love, and Lene spirals into depression, exacerbated by the affliction of a crippling facial paralysis. The film ends with the suicidal Lene facing a hopeless future.

Actors

Eva Mattes

(Helene)Gisela Stein

(Aunt Ihmchen)
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