Summary
Set against the skeletal, hyperinflationary backdrop of the Weimar Republic, this narrative follows a displaced family of Polish refugees as they navigate the suffocating vacuum of post-WWI Germany. The story centers on Inga and Paul, two souls bound by a fragile romance and an even more precarious survival instinct. As the German Mark collapses and the proletariat descends into a feral struggle for basic sustenance, the couple pours their remaining vitality into a secret potato patch—a literal and metaphorical ground for hope. Their labor is a harrowing testament to human dignity, constantly threatened by the predatory desperation of a starving populace. Griffith eschews his usual grandiosity for a stark, naturalist intimacy, capturing the visceral ache of a nation in freefall where the simple possession of a harvest becomes a life-or-death gamble.
Synopsis
A family of Polish refugees tries to survive in post-World War I Germany. For a while it seems that they are making it, but soon the economic and political deterioration in the country begins to take their toll.
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