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Fraulein (1986)

Fraulein poster
Directed by
Michael Haneke
Genre
drama, tv movie
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A West German woman from the ruins of war becomes a film projectionist. She navigates the country's economic recovery while balancing her desires and family life, including her marriage to a presumed-dead prisoner returning from Russia and an affair with a French occupation soldier.

melancholictenseslow-burnbleakintrospectiverealisticrestrainedpoignant

What happens

est un téléfilm ouest-allemand réalisé par Michael Haneke, sorti en 1986. Johanna, une femmes des ruines allemande devenue projectionniste, tente de profiter de la croissance économique retrouvée du pays, tout en balançant ses désirs et sa vie de famille, dont sa vie conjugale avec son mari, un prisonnier de guerre présumé mort qui revient de Russie. Elle entretient une relation extra-conjugale avec un soldat français des forces d'occupation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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