The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, or How Violence Develops and Where It Can Lead
1975 · Movie · 101 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. They spend the night together. In the morning, the police bursts in her flat, looking for Ludwig : he is a terrorist. But he was no longer here. Katharina is arrested, humiliated, suspected to be a terrorist herself, dragged in the mud by the newspapers... A plea for democracy and individual rights.
Direction Volker Schlöndorff · Margarethe von Trotta
Cast Angela Winkler · Mario Adorf · Dieter Laser · Jürgen Prochnow · Heinz Bennent · Hannelore Hoger · Rolf Becker · Harald Kuhlmann · Herbert Fux · Regine Lutz · Werner Eichhorn · Karl Heinz Vosgerau · Margarethe von Trotta
Soundtrack Hans Werner Hense
Screenplay Volker Schlöndorff · Margarethe von Trotta · Heinrich Böll
Cinematography Jost Vacano
Original title Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann
Also known as The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
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