Based on a novel by Rolf Hochhuth (and co-scripted by Agnieszka Holland), this surprising entry in Andrzej Wajda's body of work made outside of his native Poland is a full-scale melodrama of sensual obsession, sometimes compared to the erotically charged cinema of Nagisa Oshima. Hanna Schygulla, best-known for her collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, stars as Paulina, a small-town German shop owner, whose husband is fighting on the front of World War Two. In his absence, she begins an all-consuming love affair with a young Polish prisoner of war (Piotr Łysak), which brings her local reputation (as well as her business) into peril. Lyrically scored by Michel Legrand, Love in Germany was greeted by "The New York Times" in the year of its American premiere as "the most romantic film ever made by Mr. Wajda". Also featuring Daniel Olbrychski, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Bernard Wicki.
