The Woman and the Stranger

The Woman and the Stranger
The Woman and the Stranger
Directed by	Rainer Simon
Written by	Rainer Simon
Produced by	DEFA-Studio; (Potsdam-Babelsberg);
Starring	Kathrin Waligura; Siegfried Höchst; Joachim Lätsch; Katrin Knappe;
Release dates	31 January 1985 (East Germany); February 1985 (BIFF);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	East Germany
Language	German

The Woman and the Stranger (German: Die Frau und der Fremde) is a 1985 East German film directed by Rainer Simon. It is based on Leonhard Frank's novella "Karl und Anna" and tells the story of two friends in a POW camp during World War I. One of them escapes and forms a relationship with the other man's wife. After the war her husband returns. The film was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.^[1]

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It is a remake of Homecoming (1928).

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