The Other Half

How it feels

This documentary covers the effort to win women's suffrage in Liechtenstein. It tells the story through accounts from people who were involved in the push for voting rights.

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What happens

The Other Half (German: Die andere Hälfte) is a 2002 Liechtenstein documentary film directed by Isolde Marxer. It documents the push for women's suffrage in Liechtenstein and the accounts of people involved. The documentary was commissioned by the Liechtenstein Association for Educational Work for Women and was theatrically released in Schaan in 2002. It was shown at the Solothurn Film Festival in 2003 and also shown on Swiss television. In 2024, on the 40th anniversary on women gaining the right to vote in Liechtenstein, the documentary was broadcast on 1FLTV. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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