A classic of New German Cinema, telling a prescient and intimate story of Germany in the 1980s. Based on the real life story of the Enslein sisters, who take diverging paths to emancipation in West Germany, this is the purest expression of von Trotta’s combination of the personal and the political.

Duration:
107 minutes

Translated title:
Die bleierne Zeit

Languages:
German

Subtitles:
Full English

Country of origin:
Germany

Year of production:
1981