Drama · Germany · 1972 · 1h 40m

A Free Woman

Strohfeuer

Director

Cast

Margarethe von Trotta as Elisabeth Junker Friedhelm Ptok as Hans-Helmut Junker Martin Lüttge as Oskar Merz Ruth Hellberg as Mutter Elisabeth Georg Marischka as Walter Sedlmayr as

Crew

Sven Nykvist — Director of Photography Suzanne Baron — Editor Stanley Myers — Original Music Composer Volker Schlöndorff — Writer Margarethe von Trotta — Writer Volker Schlöndorff — Producer

Synopsis

A divorced thirtysomething woman fights a losing battle in Munich to attain belated self-fulfillment. The die is cast in a briskly impersonal society geared to male dominance and early training for career women.

Key Collaborators

Volker Schlöndorff Director Sven Nykvist Director of Photography Suzanne Baron Editor Stanley Myers Original Music Composer Volker Schlöndorff Writer Margarethe von Trotta Writer Volker Schlöndorff Producer Nikos Perakis Production Design

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