Marianne and Juliane
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| Marianne and Juliane | |
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| Directed by | Margarethe von Trotta |
| Produced by | Eberhard Junkersdorf |
| Written by | Margarethe von Trotta |
| Starring | Jutta Lampe Barbara Sukowa |
| Release date(s) | 1981 (former West Germany) |
| Running time | 106 min. |
| Language | German |
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Marianne and Juliane is a 1981 film by Margarethe von Trotta, set in the former West Germany. The title in German, Die bleierne Zeit, means something like "the bleak times." Occasionally in England this film is referred to as The German Sisters. The screenplay is a fictionalization of the life of Charlotte and Gudrun Ensslin.
[edit] Plot summary
Two sisters, both committed to women's civil rights, fight for the same cause in very different ways. The story is interspersed with flashbacks to the sisters' childhood.
Juliane was a tomboy and ignored her father's request to wear skirts and dresses, while Marianne was a daddy's girl.
Juliane grows up to be a reporter for a woman's magazine, while Marianne becomes a leader of the Baader-Meinhof and commits acts of terrorism. Marianne is arrested, and Juliane visits her in jail whenever she can. Marianne is tried in the media, with Juliane's magazine being the only one to counter the general perception.
When Marianne is reported to have committed suicide in jail, Juliane is convinced that she was executed. Marianne's son is almost killed by burning, and Juliane adopts him.
[edit] Awards
At the 1981 Venice Film Festival, Trotta won the Golden Lion and the FIPRESCI award, while the actresses who played the title sisters tied for Best Actress. In 1982 the film won for Outstanding Feature Film in West Germany, and Trotta received a special award commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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