The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Two women–a literature professor and a painter–start to rely upon their friendship as an alternative to their unhappy relationships with the men in their lives.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Margarethe von TrottaDirector
- Margarethe von TrottaWriter
- Nicolas EconomouOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hanna SchygullaOlga
- Angela WinklerRuth
- Peter StriebeckFranz
- Christine FersenErika
- Franz BuchrieserDieter
- Wladimir YordanoffAlexaj
- Agnes FinkRuth's mother
- Felix MoellerChristof
- Jochen StriebeckBruno
- Helga BallhausCast
- Therese AffolterCast
- Werner EichhornCast
Stills
Themes
friendshipwoman director