Das Heimweh des Walerjan Wróbel (1991)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Rolf Schübel

Writers:

C.U. Schminck-Gustavus (novel)
Rolf Schübel (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 February 1992 (Germany)

Plot Keywords:

WWII | Based On Novel | Based On True Story

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Artur Pontek	...	Walerjan Wróbel
Andrzej Mastalerz	...	Michal Piotowski
Michal Staszczak	...	Czeslaw
Michael Gwisdek	...	Verteidiger
Peter Striebeck	...	Richter
Ferdinand Dux	...	Knecht
Kyra Mladeck	...	Bäuerin
Claudia Schermutzki	...	Tochter
Miroslawa Marcheluk	...	Mutter Wróbel
Jakub Jablonski	...	Bruder
Magda Marcinkowska	...	Schwester
Leon Niemczyk	...	Kapo
Ulrich Faulhaber	...	Vernehmungsbeamter
Zbigniew Grala Kasztan	...	Dolmetscher (as Zbigniew Kasztan)
Michael Weber	...	Zustellungsbeamter

Also Known As:

Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness

Runtime:

Germany:95 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Certification:

Germany:12 (f) | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Auschwitz, Poland

Company:

Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion

Better than "THE PIANO"

1939: Walerian Wrobel just reached 16 years of age, as the German occupying might , forces him to leave is homeland poland, his family and his beloved farm. He is forced to slave labor at a farm near the northern city of Bremen. Walerian is getting homesick very quickly, since he recives a very uncompassionate treatment from the owners. He decides to burn one of the barns, in the naive assumption, that the authorities will send him home. His hope is dashed, when he ends up in in the Neuengamme concentration camp, awaiting trial for sabotage against the fatherland. After 9 month he recives the death penalty by guillotine. The acting and the recreation or the time period is well build up. This movie is underrated and deserves to reach a much larger audience. Rolf Schuebel writes: None of the Germans Walerian met, had personally much against him. But they also didn't feel anything for him, and that is terrible.