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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, or: How violence develops and where it can lead (German original title: Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann) is a 1975 German political drama film, based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Heinrich Böll, written for the screen and directed ...
Oct 10, 1975 · The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum: Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta. With Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow. A young woman's life is scrutinized by police and tabloid press after she spends the night with a suspected terrorist.
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- Crime, Drama
- Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta
- 1975-10-10
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, a 1975 film adaptation of Böll's novel directed by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta and starring Angela Winkler as Blum, Mario Adorf as Kommissar Beizmenne, Dieter Laser as Tötges and Jürgen Prochnow as Ludwig.
- Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, Heinrich Böll
- 1974
West Germany, 1971: At the height of the scare over the terrorism of the Baader-Meinhof gang, a bank was robbed and a guard killed. The next day, without evidence, the nation's largest newspaper blamed the gang for the crimes.
When a young woman spends the night with an alleged terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum portrays an anxious era in West Germany amid a crumbling postwar political consensus.
- Katharina Blum
When Katharina Blum spends the night with an alleged terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins. Suddenly a suspect, Katharina is subject to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist, testing the limits of her dignity and her sanity.
Feb 24, 2003 · The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum is anchored by Angela Winkler’s extraordinarily intelligent, Joan of Arc-like performance as Katharina. As eloquent in silence as in speech, she portrays Katharina as a woman of unusually strong convictions who values her right to make her own decisions about her life and, most particularly, about ...
