Summary Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria, a most proficient secretary, encourages Anna to finish her studies and start a career; Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with her boss' son Maurice starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish, drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria manages to establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a substitute younger sister, but Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul? View more details
Directed : Margarethe von Trotta
Written : Margarethe von Trotta Martje Grohmann Luisa Francia
Stars : Jutta Lampe Gudrun Gabriel Konstantin Wecker Jessica Früh
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 16, 1979
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Berlin, Germany
Production companies : Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Bioskop Film Filmverlag der Autoren
Summary Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria, a most proficient secretary, encourages Anna to finish her studies and start a career; Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with her boss' son Maurice starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish, drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria manages to establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a substitute younger sister, but Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul? View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Sep 16, 1979
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Berlin, Germany
Production companies : Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Bioskop Film Filmverlag der Autoren
