Romance with Amelie (Romanze mit Amélie) 42 years old

The time is World War II and Juergen Siebusch (Thomas Stecher) and his mother (Gudrun Ritter) are retreating along with the German army, just ahead of the invading Russian forces. Both mother and son hole up in the town of Hohengoerse, where Juergen finds some work watching over sheep - and learns a bit about the facts of sheep life that he extrapolates to some advantage when he meets the appealing Amelie (Brit Guelland), daughter of the landowner. He first helps Amelie out and later applies his new-found knowledge in a barn, appropriately enough. As the Red Army draws near, Juergen deserts a hastily put-together "people's force," as he prefers the barn to the gun. Russian soldiers are shown sleeping and snoring next to their tanks, and the local fascist executed - the war is over. When the new Communist government sets up a land reform package, Amelie's mother's land gets divided up into small plots for small farmers.

Credits

Steffi Kühnert as Dorie

Karla Runkehl as

Brit Gülland as

Wilfried Ortmann as

Heinz Hupfer as

Gudrun Ritter as Mutter Siebusch

Romance with Amelie Cast

Name	Character
Steffi Kühnert She was 18, now 61 years old	as Dorie
Karla Runkehl She was 51, 56 years old when she died
Brit Gülland She was 18, now 61 years old
Wilfried Ortmann He was 57, 69 years old when he died
Heinz Hupfer He was 59, 68 years old when he died
Gudrun Ritter She was 45, now 88 years old	as Mutter Siebusch
Brigitte Lindenberg She was 57, now 100 years old
Friederike Aust She was 39, now 81 years old

Romance with Amelie Crew

Name	Department
Ilse Peters as Editor. She was 17 (19) years old when She died	Editing

Romance with Amelie (42 years)

Release day: Thursday, January 21, 1982
Runtime: 116 minutes