Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum

1975 [GERMAN]

Action / Crime / Drama

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 83% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 5358 5.4K

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Plot summary

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

Director

Volker Schlöndorff Photo
Volker Schlöndorff

Top cast

Walter Gontermann Photo
Walter Gontermann as Pater Urbanus
Hannelore Hoger Photo
Hannelore Hoger as Trude Blorna
Henry van Lyck Photo
Henry van Lyck as 'Scheich' Karl
Dieter Laser Photo
Dieter Laser as Werner Tötges
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1021.07 MB
1204*720
German 2.0
R
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 4
1.71 GB
1792*1072
German 2.0
R
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Alain E 9 / 10

A psychological and political movie about rights abuse

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.
Reviewed by dave s 8 / 10

Katharina (Angela Winkler) lives a quiet life, referred

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.
Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

As co-directed by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von

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.
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