The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

1975, Drama, 1h 44m

17 Reviews 500+ Ratings

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After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

Cast & Crew

Angela Winkler
Katharina Blum
Mario Adorf
Kommissar Beizmenne
Dieter Laser
Werner Tötges
Heinz Bennent
Doctor Blorna
Hannelore Hoger
Trude Blorna
Jürgen Prochnow
Ludwig Götten
Harald Kuhlmann
Moeding
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Writer
Margarethe von Trotta
Writer
Heinrich Böll
Writer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Executive Producer
Hans Werner Henze
Original Music
Jost Vacano
Cinematographer
Willi Benninger
Producer
Peter Przygodda
Film Editor
Ute Burgmann
Production Design
Gunther Naumann
Production Design
Reinhild Paul
Costume Designer
Annette Schaad
Costume Designer
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  • Jul 27, 2011
    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 beautiful Angela Winkler plays the title character and exudes a very convincing aura of naivete and bewilderment during the interrogations. We are never sure just how much she really knows, or whether she is, as she maintains, an innocent caught up in the intrigue of others. But the thrust of the movie is the way that she is portrayed in the media of the day. One could not watch without recognizing how difficult it is to recover ones good name when all of your dirty laundry (and some that was made up out of whole cloth) has been aired. Just ask Casey Anthony. The ending, while shocking, seems almost justifiable given the events as they unfolded. Jurgen Prochnow plays the terrorist, Ludwig, quietly and darkly menacing. Mario Adorf plays the lead investigator who seems a little too cozy with the reporter, played by Dieter Laser.
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  • Jul 25, 2011
    Brilliant! Who could have foreseen how relevant reactionary right-wing conservativism and a terrorizing media would be to contemporary American politics?
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