The Second Awakening of Christa Klages

04/14/1978

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1hr 28min

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Drama

STORY

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 relationship makes the collective nervous, so she returns to Germany and ceases living in hiding. The police are still looking for her and so is a witness to the robbery, Lena, a bank clerk. Lena's interest brings Christa's second awakening.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tina Engel
  • Silvia Reize
  • Katharina Thalbach
  • Marius Müller-Westernhagen
  • Peter Schneider

    Director

  • Margarethe von Trotta

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • WDR
  • Neue Bioskop Film

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German
  • Portuguese