Autumn Milk (1989)
1h 51m
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January 19, 1989Release Date
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With the death of her mother, eight-year-old Anna ends her childhood: From now on, she has to look after the nine-member family. Deprivation-rich years, which also find no end when Anna marries: Her husband Albert must be a soldier in the Second World War, and the pregnant Anna has to work hard in the farm and care sick relatives. Lonely and exposed to the harassment of the tyrannical mother-in-law, she waits for Albert, with no certainty that he will ever return.
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Autumn Milk (German: Herbstmilch) is a 1989 film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. It is based on the autobiography of Anna Wimschneider.
The film was bestowed awards at the 39th German Film Awards in Berlin: the silver Filmband for the film and the golden Filmband for new talent for the leading actress Dana Vávrová. It also won new talent awards for Dana Vávrová and Werner Stocker at the 10th Bavarian film prize.
It was a great box-office success, with over two million viewers.