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Rosa Luxemburg
Why this pick
Von Trotta again joins a woman’s political conviction to an intimate, searching portrait, with history filtered through personal sacrifice rather than simple heroism.
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MOVIE1981 1h 46m DEU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Two sisters, both dedicated to Women's rights, fight for it in very different ways. The story is interspersed with flashbacks into the sisters' childhood.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Julia Biedermann
Marianne
Doris Schade
die Mutter
Franz Rudnick
der Vater
Barbara Sukowa
Marianne
Rüdiger Vogler
Wolfgang