Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks (Sisters Or the Balance of Happiness) (1979)
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63% of users liked it
(361 ratings)
This West German film is a contemporary tale with gloomy overtones of the 19th Century August Strindberg one-act play The Stronger The sisters of the title are an executive secretary and her younger biology-student sibling. The secretary supports the student, exercising virtually total control over… More This West German film is a contemporary tale with gloomy overtones of the 19th Century August Strindberg one-act play The Stronger The sisters of the title are an executive secretary and her younger biology-student sibling. The secretary supports the student, exercising virtually total control over the younger girl's life. But as the film unfolds, it becomes clear that both women are utterly dependent upon one another. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Margarethe von Trotta
- Written By
- Margarethe von Trotta, Luisa Francia, Martje Grohmann
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 8, 1979 Wide
- Studio
- Water Bearer Films Inc.
Critic Reviews
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Psychologically involving film that illuminates the thin line between love and manipulation
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Cast
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Jutta Lampe
as Maria
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Gudrun Gabriel
as Anna
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Jessica Frueh
as Miriam
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Konstantin Wecker
as Robert
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Rainer Delventhal
as Maurice
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Agnes Fink
as Mother
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Heinz Bennent
as Muenzinger
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Fritz Lichtenhahn
as Fritz
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Guenther Schuetz
as Professor
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Ilse Bahrs
as Blind Woman
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Barbara Sauerbaum
as Maria as a Child
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Marie-Helene Diekmann
as Anna as a Child
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Liselotte Arnold
as Frau Eder
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Editha Horn
as Sister of Blind Woman
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Ellen Esser
as Nurse Fritz
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Heinrich Marmann
as Porter
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Edith Garten
as Language Teacher
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Kathie Thomsen
as Flutist
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Volker Schwab
as Robert's College
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Dionysos Kawathas
as Student
- Anton Rattinger
- Doris Schade
- Barbara Sukowa
- Rüdiger Vogler
- Felix Moeller
- Franz Rudnick
- Julia Biedermann
- Margit Czenki
- Jessica Fruh
- Gunther Schutz
