The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Three people rob a bank to help a day care center that's in debt. Wolf is captured, Werner identified, police suspect Christa is the third. She and Werner ask Hans, a clergyman, to launder the money and give it to the kindergarten. He refuses. They try Ingrid, Christa's friend, who tries to help, but the school rejects the money. When tragedy strikes Werner, Hans helps Christa bolt to a collective in Portugal. Ingrid visits her; their relationship makes the collective nervous, so she returns to Germany and ceases living in hiding. The police are still looking for her and so is a witness to the robbery, Lena, a bank clerk. Lena's interest brings Christa's second awakening.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Margarethe von TrottaDirector
- Margarethe von TrottaWriter
- Luisa FranciaWriter
- Klaus DoldingerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tina EngelChrista Klages
- Silvia ReizeIngrid Häkele
- Katharina ThalbachLena Seidlhofer
- Marius Müller-WesternhagenWerner Wiedemann
- Peter SchneiderHans Grawe
- Ulrich von DobschützHeinz, Ingrid's husband
- Erika WackernagelMother of Hans
- Friedrich KaiserWolfgang
- Achim KrauszBank director
- Fritz LeyOld man from Riga
- Gertrud ThomeleMother of Christa
- Rosa SämmerCaretaker
Stills
Themes
woman director