Angry Harvest (1985)

Audience Score
65
Angry Harvest
In the winter of 194243 a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia They are separated in the woods and Leon a local peasant whos now a farmer of some wealth discovers the woman Rosa and hides her in his cellar Leons a middleaged Catholic bachelor tormented by his sexual drive He doesnt tell Rosa hes seen signs her husband is alive and he begs her to love him Rosa offers herself to Leon if hell help a local Jew in hiding who needs money Leon pays and love between Rosa and him does develop but then Leons peasant subservience and his limited empathy lead to tragedy At the wars end a ray of sunshine comes from an unexpected place