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Angry Harvest

Angry Harvest

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 20, 1985

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

65%

Original Title

Bittere Ernte

Production Companies

ZDF, CCC Filmkunst

Director

Agnieszka Holland

Description

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.