The Woman and the Stranger

Based on a switched identity in circumstances that are found in real life as well as fiction this drama tells the story of two soldiers fighting together in World War I Karl Joachim Latsch and Richard HansUse Bauer become close friends while serving time in a German POW camp One day Karl manages a successful escape and goes to Richards home where he seeks refuge posing as Richard But Richards wife Anna Kathrin Waligura has never given up hope that her husband is still alive a possibility that would shatter Karls proposed new life In fact Richard did not die in the POW camp This film shared the Grand Prix award at the 1985 Berlin Film Festival