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Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann (The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum) (1975)

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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum marks the directorial debut for actress Margarethe von Trotta, who co-directed the film with her then-husband Volker Schlöndorff. At a costume party, Katharina Blum (Angela Winkler) meets Ludwig Goetten (Jürgen Prochnow ) and spends the night with him. The next morning, he's gone and the police bust into her apartment looking for him with the belief that he is a dangerous terrorist. She is taken into police custody and interrogated by Kommissar Beizmenne (Mario

Feb 25, 2003

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The special features are informative.

March 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

The film's final reel is the only vital weakness in an otherwise nasty but effective exposé on the abuses by those in and with power on those without.

March 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

Makes a very strong case against yellow journalism

January 18, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

Böll's points about privacy, the power of the media, and the dangers of an abusive press working hand in glove with government authority are as pressing as ever.

October 8, 2003 Full Review Source: About.com | Comment
About.com

Katharina Blum is a fictional case within a lens of subjectivity that affords a clear contemporary resonance.

March 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | Comment
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Relevant again.

March 10, 2003 Full Review | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann (The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum)

Brilliant! Who could have foreseen how relevant reactionary right-wing conservativism and a terrorizing media would be to contemporary American politics?

July 25, 2011
bookmunki

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A taut thriller that is just as relevant today as when it was produced, more than thirty five years ago. A young woman spends a night with a suspected terrorist and becomes the object of a police investigation and an intense slur campaign waged by a smarmy, unscrupulous news hound and his photographer. The very

July 27, 2011
Mark Abell

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