Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte) 39 years old

In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa, and hides her in his cellar. Leon's a middle-aged Catholic bachelor, tormented by his sexual drive. He doesn't tell Rosa he's seen signs her husband is alive, and he begs her to love him. Rosa offers herself to Leon if he'll help a local Jew in hiding who needs money. Leon pays, and love between Rosa and him does develop, but then Leon's peasant subservience and his limited empathy lead to tragedy. At the war's end, a ray of sunshine comes from an unexpected place.

Credits

Margit Carstensen as Eugenia

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Leon Wolny

Kurt Raab as Maslanko

Hans Beerhenke as Kaspar

Elisabeth Trissenaar as Rosa Eckart

Tilly Lauenstein as Frau Kaminska

Angry Harvest Cast

Name	Character
Margit Carstensen She was 45, now 84 years old	as Eugenia
Armin Mueller-Stahl He was 54, now 94 years old	as Leon Wolny
Kurt Raab He was 44, 46 years old when he died	as Maslanko
Hans Beerhenke He was 61, 68 years old when he died	as Kaspar
Elisabeth Trissenaar She was 41, now 80 years old	as Rosa Eckart
Tilly Lauenstein She was 70, 86 years old when she died	as Frau Kaminska
Wojciech Pszoniak He was 43, now 82 years old	as Cybulkowski
Käte Jaenicke She was 57, 74 years old when she died	as Anna

Angry Harvest Crew

Name	Department

Angry Harvest (39 years)

Release day: Wednesday, February 20, 1985
Runtime: 101 minutes