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The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)

Drama
Release Date: 1978, April 14
Directors: Margarethe von Trotta
Countries: Germany
Production: WDR, WDR, Neue Bioskop Film, Neue Bioskop Film
Cast: Katharina Thalbach, Tina Engel, Erika Wackernagel, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Josef Bierbichler, Ulrich von Dobschütz, Silvia Reize, Friedrich Kaiser, Achim Krausz, Fritz Ley, Gertrud Thomele, Rosa Sämmer

Overview:

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.

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