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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Play trailer Poster for The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum R,  1975,  1h 44m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.
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Walter Goodman New York Times Jan 9, 2018
Roger Corman, the director, does what he can to pump some life into the plot, but it just lies there, as dormant as Katharina's honor. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Oct 23, 2004
2.5/4
An intelligent, if finally unconvincing film. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Aug 15, 2023
The result is a passionate pamphleteering film, that lamentably is about limited interest and location. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Phoebe Chen The Nation Dec 12, 2020
Against the starkness of Katharina's timidity and innocence, the depictions of Beizmenne and Tötges veer into hyperbole, but it's this construction of a guileless woman in love that helps stoke audience outrage at her mistreatment. Go to Full Review
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Sep 13, 2020
3/4
still strikes directly at the crucial crossroads between capital-T "Truth" and the narratives spun by the press Go to Full Review
Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness Sep 5, 2020
4/5
Though their film doesn't explore the social impact of a populace unwilling to consider their sources, co-directors Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta do explore how easily perception can be twisted under the guise of justice and popularity ... Go to Full Review
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Volker Schlöndorff

Director

Angela Winkler

Katharina Blum

Mario Adorf

Kommissar Beizmenne

Dieter Laser

Werner Tötges

Heinz Bennent

Doctor Blorna

Hannelore Hoger

Trude Blorna

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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

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Movie Info

Synopsis After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
Director
Volker Schlöndorff
Producer
Willi Benninger
Screenwriter
Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, Heinrich Böll
Distributor
Criterion Collection, New World Pictures
Production Co
Bioskop Film, Paramount-Orion Filmproduktion [de], Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 10, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 15, 2020
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Mono
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