The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975)

Original title

Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum

Directed by

Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 103 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Katharina Blum spends a night with a wanted man and suddenly finds herself under harsh scrutiny from the police and the press. The media and authorities treat her as guilty before any proof, and her personal life is dug up and exposed. The story shows how a public witch hunt can destroy an innocent person.

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What happens

The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, or: How violence develops and where it can lead (German original title: Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann) is a 1975 West German political drama film based on Heinrich Böll's 1974 novel of the same name, adapted for the screen and directed by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta. Schlöndorff and von Trotta wrote the script with an emphasis on the vindictive and harsh treatment of an innocent woman by the public, police, and media. The film stars Angela Winkler as Blum, Mario Adorf as Kommissar Beizmenne, Dieter Laser as Tötges, and Jürgen Prochnow as Ludwig. In 1984, the film and the novel were adapted into an American TV film, The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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