
Der Polenweiher (1986)
Der Polenweiher (1986)
Overview
The story of a murder in the Black Forest in 1943. Anna, a Polish maid working as a domestic servant, is found dead in a pond one day. She was expecting a child by the farmer Rungerbühler, who murdered her for fear of the "racial disgrace" being discovered. Although the police commissioner soon sees through the circumstances, he has no interest in uncovering the case for his own selfish reasons. Rot, a basket weaver who secretly loved Anna, reacts to her death with a physical breakdown of a profane nature: intestinal obstruction. The character of Joachim Rot and his strange fate are based on a real person.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Not Rated
Overview
The story of a murder in the Black Forest in 1943. Anna, a Polish maid working as a domestic servant, is found dead in a pond one day. She was expecting a child by the farmer Rungerbühler, who murdered her for fear of the "racial disgrace" being discovered. Although the police commissioner soon sees through the circumstances, he has no interest in uncovering the case for his own selfish reasons. Rot, a basket weaver who secretly loved Anna, reacts to her death with a physical breakdown of a profane nature: intestinal obstruction. The character of Joachim Rot and his strange fate are based on a real person.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Primary
The film explores the profound human impact of displacement and the loss of identity in post-WWII Silesia, focusing on universal themes of resilience and memory rather than explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or solution.
The movie, a German production from 1986, features traditional casting without explicit diversity initiatives. Its narrative does not appear to critique traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Available information and plot summaries for 'Der Polenweiher' do not indicate the presence of any LGBTQ+ characters or themes, leading to a determination of N/A for its portrayal.
The film 'Der Polenweiher' (1986) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on other aspects, primarily a romantic relationship, without engaging with transgender identity or related issues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Der Polenweiher" is an adaptation of Siegfried Lenz's novel. There is no evidence that any character, canonically established as one gender in the source material, was portrayed as a different gender in this 1986 adaptation.
There is no widely known source material for "Der Polenweiher" (1986) that establishes canonical races for its characters, nor is it a biopic of historical figures. Therefore, no character's race could have been swapped from a prior, widely recognized depiction.
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