''Autumn Milk'' (german: Herbstmilch) is a 1989 film directed by

Joseph Vilsmaier Joseph Vilsmaier (, 24 January 1939 – 11 February 2020) was a German film director who began his career as a technician and cameraman. He is internationally known for films such as ''Comedian Harmonists (film), Comedian Harmonists''. Life Bo ...

. 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 Dana Vávrová (; 9 August 1967 – 5 February 2009) was a Czech-German film actress and director. She was one of the most popular German actresses throughout 1980s and early 1990s. After her role in Herbstmilch as Anna Wimschneider in 1989, she ...

. 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.

Plot

This cinematic adaptation of the autobiography of Anna Wimschneider depicts her life's experiences and workaday routines as a woman born on a farm in

Lower Bavaria Lower Bavaria (german: Niederbayern, Bavarian: ''Niedabayern'') is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. Geography Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions () – Landshut and Donau-W ...

, Germany in the 1920s. Anna's mother died young in childbirth and Anna had to take her place and work very hard. On a

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that crea ...

rally she meets young Albert, who owns a farm. They realize that they both don't believe into

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and go to a coffee bar where he starts wooing her. Against her prior decision to leave farm life as soon as possible, she agrees to marry him, hoping that her life will become easier on Albert's farm.

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* 1988 films 1988 drama films German drama films Films based on autobiographies Films directed by Joseph Vilsmaier 1980s German-language films West German films Films set in the 1920s Films set in the 1930s Films set in the 1940s Films set in Bavaria Films about agriculture 1980s German films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub