1994 Austrian film directed by Andreas Gruber

The story of a Polish mother who is exploited as a cheap worker in Austria, and of an Austrian realtor, who fits the typical cliché of a stubborn, sexually frustrated and ugly midlife man.

17世纪初，德国某地，一名神秘士兵来到偏僻的新教村庄。他身材瘦小，性格内敛，面部留有一道疤痕，这个陌生人自称是废弃农庄的继承人，并向心存疑虑的村民出示了一份文件以证明他的说法。随着时间推移，他逐渐打消了村民的疑虑，并凭借勤劳和虔诚，融入社区。然而，他所获得的接纳却建立在一个弥天大谎之上。

For many years the old Waller worked as a railwayman. After Waller is informed that "his" track will be closed down and that he will be retired, he walks the route for one last time and starts to remember his life along the way: Beginning in his childhood in the 1920s, he commemorates the death of his great love as well as he recalls the legal battle with his illegitimate daughter.

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