Angry Harvest
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
West Germany | 101 minutes | 1985
German with English subtitles
This remarkable Academy Award-nominated film by renowned filmmaker Agnieszka Holland tells a compelling story of love and desire during World War II. Middle-aged, lonely farmer Leon (Armin Mueller-Stahl) rescues the younger Rosa, an upper-class Jewish refugee, as she is fleeing from the Nazis. While he nurses her back to health, their relationship gradually grows more intimate, but disintegrates into a cat-and-mouse power struggle as Leon's mixed motives in hiding Rosa emerge. One of the boldest Holocaust films ever made, Angry Harvest is a fascinating, multilayered portrait of two flawed people forced to depend on each other as war takes its ultimate toll.
Foreign Title | Bittere Ernte |
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Director | Agnieszka Holland |
Countries of Production | West Germany |
Year of Presentation | 1985 |
Language(s) | German with English subtitles |
Premiere Status | |
Runtime | 101 minutes |
Principal Cast | Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anita Höfer |
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Award(s) | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
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