The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

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Alain E @AlainE Nov 5 A psychological and political movie about rights abuse by the police and the so called “yellow Press “. Based on a book by the Nobel in Literature winner, Heinrich Boell. This is the period that in Germany the anarchocommunist terrorist organization Baader-Meinhof was in full action. The state response was not exactly by the book. The main story is a little improbable. The heroine is a mousy housekeeper for a rich couple, with limited experience with men. She had an unsuccessful early marriage and is currently the mistress of a rich capitalist. Then at a party she meets this very attractive man, they have sex in her apartment the same night and when she learns that he is pursued by the police, she decides to give him the keys to her boyfriend’s second home! The holes in the plot are numerous. Would a terrorist running from the police go to a party? And a girl with limited experience fall head over heels with him? If we accept all that the description of the mistreatment she suffers at the hand of the prosecutor and the Press is convincing and it leads to her violent reaction. Very well acted and photographed. See more dave s @RT68722908 02/05/2023 Katharina (Angela Winkler) lives a quiet life, referred to as ‘the nun' by her friends. The morning after an uncharacteristic one-night stand, she is apprehended by the police and interrogated regarding the whereabouts of her visitor from the night before, a known terrorist and anarchist. Volker Schlondorff, never known for subtlety when handling his themes, uses The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, an adaptation of Heinrich Boll's novel, to attack the abuse of power by West Germany's police and the media. While the final scenes prior to the epilogue diminish its message, it remains a stark and effectively executed diatribe against the dangers of unbridled power. See more 02/11/2021 As co-directed by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta, and adapted from a novel by the prominent Christian progressive Heinrich Böll, 1975's The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum) is an unsettling, under-the-skin kind of work. Undeniably topical in its conception and execution, it's quite curious as to how and why the film has aged most effectively. See more s r @ScottR 12/23/2020 A German film that calls into question the power of the press to slander. It was well made. Saw it on TCM. See more 08/09/2016 7.1/10, my review: http://wp.me/p1eXom-2yK See more 09/17/2014 Interesting film focused on the abuses of the press. While this is the primary idea of the film there are several aspects to the story that are equaling compelling. This film is dated and requires a basic understanding of terrorism in the 1970's, it is also vitally connected to the 21st Century. Angela Winkler gives an impressively nuanced performance. Her character feels real. There is no hint of mannerism or scenery-chewing which I suspect many actors would have been inclined to add. See more Read all reviews

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