Romance with Amelie

The time is World War II, and Juergen Siebusch and his mother 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, 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.

Gudrun Ritter

Mutter Siebusch

Steffi Kühnert

Dorie

Thomas Stecher

Brit Gülland

Fritz Marquardt

Wilfried Ortmann

Brigitte Lindenberg

Heinz Hupfer

Wolfgang Dehler

Friederike Aust

Karla Runkehl

• Ulrich TheinDirector
• Hartwig StrobelWriter
• Benito WogatzkiWriter
• Ilse PetersEditor

Release date

January 21, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 56m

Genres

Drama