Two life stories. That of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in South America: a picture of the pre-war generation reflected in the unusual destiny of an individual woman. And that of Hannah, an alert, independent, modern woman, seeking after freedom and her own identity, and trying in present-day Berlin to save her shaky marriage.
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Cast
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Ingrid Caven
Malou
Known for
Suspiria
World on a Wire
Helmut Griem
Known for
Cabaret
The Damned
Jeanine Meerapfel
Michael Böhme
Grischa Huber
Known for
The Serpent's Egg
Michael Ballhaus
Known for
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Robert van Ackeren
Known for
Querelle
Ivan Desny
Known for
World on a Wire
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Regina Ziegler
Rainer Schaper
Michael Juncker
Also in
In the Belly of the Whale
Peter Chatel
Known for
World on a Wire
Fox and His Friends
Jeanine Meerapfel Director · Peer Raben Composer Michael Ballhaus Cinematographer
United States release April 25, 1982 · Produced in Germany · Languages French, German, Spanish
Production
Ziegler Film
Production
Inter West Film
Production
Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion
Production
Robert van Ackeren Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
French · German · Spanish
Release dates
Germany · March 20, 1981
Theatrical
United States · April 25, 1982
New York New Directors and New Films Festival
Canada
September 17, 1981 · Toronto International Film Festival
Denmark
September 26, 1986 · German Film Week
Hungary
December 27, 1986 · TV premiere
Netherlands
October 8, 1981
Portugal
January 26, 1983
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