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The First Polka

The intertwined lives of people of both Polish and German extraction who live on the pre-World War II border between the two countries are explored in this drama. Valeska is the Polish/German matriarch of a family living on the German side of the border. Her son is involved with the Hitler youth, but nonetheless keeps secret the presence on family land of a Jew who is hiding from the authorities. When the son inadvertently kills a soldier to prevent his sister from being raped, he runs away after borrowing money from the Jewish man. When soldiers come to the family's door looking for the missing soldier who had been billeted there, the Jewish man commits suicide. In another episode, one of the family's daughters marries a German soldier in a ceremony presided over by a Polish priest.

Top Cast

  • Maria Schell

    Maria Schell

    Valeska Piontek

  • Ernst Stankovski

    Ernst Stankovski

    Anwalt Wondrak

  • Claus Theo Gärtner

    Claus Theo Gärtner

    Feldwebel Metzmacher

  • Eva Maria Bauer

    Eva Maria Bauer

    Tante Lucie

  • Erland Josephson

    Erland Josephson

    Leo Maria Piontek

  • Guido Wieland

    Guido Wieland

    Herr Montag

  • René Schell

    René Schell

    Josef Piontek

  • Marco Kröger

    Marco Kröger

    Andreas

  • Jan Biczycki

    Jan Biczycki

    Archpriest Pattas

Overview

The intertwined lives of people of both Polish and German extraction who live on the pre-World War II border between the two countries are explored in this drama. Valeska is the Polish/German matriarch of a family living on the German side of the border. Her son is involved with the Hitler youth, but nonetheless keeps secret the presence on family land of a Jew who is hiding from the authorities. When the son inadvertently kills a soldier to prevent his sister from being raped, he runs away after borrowing money from the Jewish man. When soldiers come to the family's door looking for the missing soldier who had been billeted there, the Jewish man commits suicide. In another episode, one of the family's daughters marries a German soldier in a ceremony presided over by a Polish priest.

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