Die Frau und der Fremde aka The Woman and the Stranger- Salute to Veteran's Day

It's not often that I sit down to watch a film about WWI but I had to see this one because it won one of the awards at the Berlinale back in the 80s and as we know some of the best German Film of the last century was from the 80s.

This film was a great slice of history, made me think about love and marriage and the impact that war has on them. War brings about some very interesting questions of ethics. There were both stories of eros love and agape love.

As usual, I enjoyed the attention paid to the detail of the sets and costumes but also the bit of history and some things that I never realized may happen as a result of a long war.

You will have to see it yourself to find out what I mean.

A for acting as well. If there is a rating for skin, I give it to Anna. I don't know if it was the makeup artist or what, but her creamy smooth skin is something to strive for. She is just so sweet, you can't help but fall in love with her. So what if she married I guy, whose name she didn't know..... formalities.

It's interesting that Rainer Simon, the director, and the other actors have not been in many films since. They have done mostly TV. Perhaps a result of being actors in East Germany. I will have to look into that.