Main Cast: Jutta Lampe, Gudrun Gabriel, Jessica Frueh, Konstantin Wecker, Rainer Delventhal
Release Year: 1979
Country: WG
Run Time: 107 minutes
Plot
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, All Movie Guide
Cast
Jutta Lampe - Maria
Gudrun Gabriel - Anna
Jessica Frueh - Miriam
Konstantin Wecker - Robert
Rainer Delventhal - Maurice
Agnes Fink - Mother; Heinz Bennent - Muenzinger; Fritz Lichtenhahn - Fritz; Guenther Schuetz - Professor; Ilse Bahrs - Blind Woman; Barbara Sauerbaum - Maria as a Child; Marie-Helene Diekmann - Anna as a Child; Liselotte Arnold - Frau Eder; Editha Horn - Sister of Blind Woman; Ellen Esser - Nurse Fritz; Heinrich Marmann - Porter; Edith Garten - Language Teacher; Kathie Thomsen - Flutist; Volker Schwab - Robert's College; Dionysos Kawathas - Student; Anton Rattinger; Doris Schade; Barbara Sukowa; Rüdiger Vogler; Felix Moeller; Franz Rudnick; Julia Biedermann; Margit Czenki
Credit
Winifred Henning - Art Director, Barbara Kloth - Art Director, Georg von Kieseritzky - Art Director, Ingrid Zore - Costume Designer, Margarethe von Trotta - Director, Dagmar Hirtz - Editor, Annette Dorn - Editor, Nicolas Economou - Composer (Music Score), Konstantin Wecker - Composer (Music Score), Franz Rath - Cinematographer, Franz Raht - Cinematographer, Thomas Schwan - Cinematographer, Eberhard Junkersdorf - Producer, Winifred Henning - Set Designer, Stanislav Litera - Sound/Sound Designer, Martje Grohmann - Screenwriter, Margarethe von Trotta - Screenwriter, Luisa Francia - Screenwriter, Wolfgang Bachler - Short Story Author
