The Tin Drum1979
Both directed by Volker Schlöndorff, and both starring Angela Winkler and Mario Adorf
Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
Germany / German / 1975 / 1h 44m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №177
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Synopsis
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, though apparently innocent, suddenly becomes a suspect, falling prey to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist that tests the limits of her dignity and her sanity. Crafting one of the most accessible and direct works of 1970s political filmmaking, Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta deliver a powerful adaptation of Heinrich Böll’s novel, a stinging commentary on state power, individual freedom, and media manipulation that is as relevant today as when it was released.
