Erika Wackernagel Movies

Based on a non-fiction bestseller of the same name by Rolf Hochhuth, Eine Liebe In Deutschland is about a tragic and forbidden love affair between Stanislaw, a Polish POW (Piotr Lysak) and Paulina (Hanna Schygulla) a fruit-and-vegetable vendor in a small town in Germany along the border with Switzerland. Their affair would have gone undetected except for the busybody women of the village, and when Stanislaw is picked up by a German stormtrooper (Armin Müller-Stahl) and brought in for a mock trial, he is given a chance to prove his racial purity and so perhaps escape execution. As for Paulina, she is ostracized by the villagers and imprisoned for consorting with someone who was not of the same high Aryan caste as herself. Depressing, yet politically relevant to Poland of the early 1980s, this film by acclaimed director Andrzej Wajda) is an effective and emotional statement on the nature of oppression. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Paulina (Kristin Genee, daughter of director Heidi Genee) has had to suddenly shoulder the burden of taking care of her mother's responsibilities at home while the latter goes off to a rehab center for alcoholics. Unfortunately, Paulina also has to work at a drive-in to cover the bills, handle the visits of a social worker, and take care of an unwanted teenager hiding out from the law -- making school and homework seem like child's play. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Based on an incident that occurred in the early 19th century, this film tells the story of how a local nobleman cut off the grazing lands of the peasants to turn his own feudal domain into a privately-held area for hunting. When Andreas (Bernd Stephan) revolts against this treatment, the nobleman has all of Andreas' cattle slaughtered. As a result, a minor civil war starts in which many peasants are tortured and killed, including Andreas' mother and his best friend. These killings make Andreas resolve to devote his life to avenging the innocent, even if he has to go it alone. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

John Moulder-Brown plays a teen-aged London bathhouse attendant who forms a business alliance with female attendant Jane Asher. The object is to obtain better tips from their clients, but soon the impressionable Moulder-Brown falls in love with the older Asher. Brushed off by the girl in favor of a handsome swimming instructor, Moulder-Brown makes several halfhearted attempts at revenge. When the boy and girl finally do get together sexually, the event is motivated by lust and has tragic results. Deep End observes how adolescent obsession can mushroom into disaster if one doesn't have the emotional equipment to cope. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi