★ 5 / 10
Discomfort.
sonoioio
That uncomfortable condition or situation, which can even cause embarrassment. The film deals with social unease, living without many opportunities to escape…
That uncomfortable condition or situation, which can even cause embarrassment. The film deals with social unease, living without many opportunities to escape the moral brutality of 1970s German suburbs. Even the police find themselves uneasy, left to their own devices to combat a complex reality, without the support of an adequate jurisprudence to counter the perverse phenomena of ever-expanding cities.Teenager Sophie (Gerhild Berktold) runs away from her orphanage because she can't stand the suffocating climate imposed by the nuns. On the street, she encounters the slimy Zuhalter Hotte (Axel Schiessler), who forces her into prostitution. Sinking into a terrible spiral, she finds support only from her prostitute friend and a young social worker (Werner Umberg).Director Ehmck, with very few resources at his disposal, tackles the issue of child prostitution, which proliferates amid the indifference of bourgeois morality, without filters; the screenplay, written by the director with Christian Rolf, is very linear, if slightly episodic; the acting, screenplay, and editing are truly awful. The only redeeming feature, unlike the other actors, is the protagonist, Gerhild Berktold.Best moments: one client after another in an endless and squalid sequence, the prostitution alienating, to the point of making you feel like an empty piece of meat. A must-see for those who enjoy protest films, even if the treatment is a bit dated, given that reality has changed since the 1970s.
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★ 5 / 10
A casual 1970s movie.......
idonotexist
Well maybe not so casual because it is german but pretty standard production. This is really just a german version of 70s blaxxploitation/pimp story. An orphan…
Well maybe not so casual because it is german but pretty standard production. This is really just a german version of 70s blaxxploitation/pimp story. An orphan girl raised by nuns discovers adulthood and things just lead down the path of pimps and sex and a little human trafficking for extra spice.
Don't even know why im writing this. This is not a good movie, even on the value of the sexual content it has nothing going for it. It is boring, acting is bad and sound is horrible. It sounds dubbed over, like they couldn't record the sound live in most scenes. And no, it is not an issue with my copy...
The movie is a collection of implied sex scenes, pimping scenes, escape scenes.. literally same thing you find in 70s american pimp story movies usually out of the bronx. That's all i have to say for it.
Why would you watch this? There is only one reason. The movie title requires it. That's the only reason. Vanity.
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★ 7 / 10
No Escape...
Xstal
It's not been the greatest start you can't deny, abandoned on a rail track left to die, rescued by an aging lass, then as a toddler she does pass, means you…
It's not been the greatest start you can't deny, abandoned on a rail track left to die, rescued by an aging lass, then as a toddler she does pass, means you grow up under a pious, stifled eye. An escape when you're fourteen is not a dream, when a pimp takes hold and makes you want to scream, as a queue of men descend, it's really hard to comprehend, the abuse, torment and pain you have to fend. Escape, just sends you back into the clutches, a return to slavery, unwanted touches, but there are people who do care, a taste of freedom is a prayer, though authorities are unforgiving judges
Gerhild Berktold is outstanding as the preyed upon young Sophie in a world of yesteryear that has by no means moved on if your born into unfortunate circumstances in certain parts of the world today.
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