| | | A Film By Agnieszka Holland.
Features: DVD
This remarkable Academy Award-nominated film by renowned filmmaker Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa) tells a compelling story of love and desire during World War II. Middle-aged, lonely farmer Leon (Armin Mueller-Stahl, Avalon) rescues the younger Rosa, an upper-class Jewish refugee, as she is fleeing from the Nazis. While he nurses her back to health, their relationship gradually grows more intimate, but disintegrates into a cat-and-mouse power struggle as Leon's mixed motives in hiding Rosa emerge. One of the boldest Holocaust films ever made, Angry Harvest is a fascinating, multilayered portrait of two flawed people forced to depend on each other as war takes its ultimate toll.System Requirements:Running Time: 104 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE
"Unsparingly bleak and powerful!" Amy Taubin, The Village Voice
"Well-constructed and superbly performed!" Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
"Authentic, evocative visual style!" Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"Unsparingly bleak and powerful!" "Amy Taubin, The Village Voice"
"Well-constructed and superbly performed!" "Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader"
""Authentic, evocative visual style!"" "Janet Maslin, The New York Times"
Editor's Note
Agnieszka Holland directs this provocative World War II story that is both a character study and a mesmerizing cat and mouse game between a Polish Catholic farmer and a Jewish woman who has escaped a train bound for the Nazi death camps. Leon Wolny (Armin Mueller-Stahl) is a devout Catholic who lives in solitude, yearning for the company of a woman. When he stumbles across Rosa Eckert (Elisabeth Trissenaar) trying to steal food from him, he discovers that she has nowhere else to turn. Excited by her presence, Leon hides her in his cellar, at first as a favor, then against her will, and again as a man who has fallen in love for the first time. Each individual's strict religious beliefs spark intense debates, highlighting their extreme differences, yet their desperation keeps them together, eventually forging a strong emotional bond. Holland's film is a deeply engaging intellectual thriller, which pits two extremely opposing individuals against each other in a battle of wits, sanity, and emotion, featuring outstanding performances by Rainer Werner Fassbinder regulars Stahl and Trissenaar; the film was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Oscar.
Plot Summary
Two opposites converge with heartrending results in this riveting psychological drama from Agnieszka Holland (EUROPA EUROPA) about a Polish Catholic bachelor farmer and a female Jewish concentration camp escapee. He offers her refuge, falling in love in the process; yet the complications of the war are more powerful than the tangled bond they form.
| Features | Audio: German Dolby Digital 1.0 L/R | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Image |
| Release Date: 9/5/2006 |
| Running Time: 106 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1985 | | Catalog ID: 3270 | | UPC: 00014381327021 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: German | | Available Audio Tracks: German | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (1986) | | | Oscar, Angry Harvest (Bittere Ernte), Best Foreign Language Film |
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
"The world of this film simply doesn't suggest the urgency and despair of the time...And, although I have sympathy with what it's trying to do - to show how a mundane human relationship can develop even in the midst of war and genocide - the movie never really seems convinced there is a war on...one of this year's Oscar nominees for best foreign film, again demonstating the flawed nature of the selection process...Meanwhile, Kurosawa's ""Ran"" sits on the shelf. Until the best foreign film nominees are chosen on the basis of art, not geography and politics, they won't mean very much." - Roger Ebert
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