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The Second Awakening of Christa Klages

Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages

1978

Margarethe von Trotta

Tina Engel, Silvia Reize, Katharina Thalbach, Marius Müller-Westernhagen ...

6.0

49

Drama Three people rob a bank to help a day care center that's in debt. Wolf is captured, Werner identified, police suspect Christa is the third. She and Werner ask Hans, a clergyman, to launder the money and give it to the kindergarten. He refuses. They try Ingrid, Christa's friend, who tries to help, but the school rejects the money. When tragedy strikes Werner, Hans helps Christa bolt to a collective in Portugal. Ingrid visits her; their ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Scott Tobias AV Club	"While her solo directorial debut lacks the polish and insight of her later films, it's still an acutely observed reflection on her favorite theme: the powerful (and often mysterious) psychic bond among women"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Everyone is very, very serious, and the film is very, very dull"
		Frances Dickinson Time Out	What von Trotta has to say about her women is compelling,(...) But the enigma of the hostage runs through the film as elusively as a character in a dream (...) and undermines the conviction of this feminist thriller

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