The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta

A key political film of the New German Cinema, Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta co-directed and adapted The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum from the controversial novel by Heinrich Böll. Set in a climate of fear and paranoia, Angela Winkler plays the young woman of the title whose life is slowly destroyed by the media following her meeting a young man who is suspected by the authorities of being a political activist.

Duration:
106 minutes

Languages:
German

Subtitles:
Full English

Country of origin:
West Germany

Year of production:
1975

This screening has no adverts or trailers and starts at the advertised time