Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness

35 mmORSS15
Director:Margarethe von Trotta
Premiere:1. April 1981
Length:92 minutes

Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness

Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks; Margarethe von Trotta, 92´, 1979, OV (nem.) + ST (sk) | filmotéka; Margarethe von Trotta, 1979, versions: OR,SS,

Director: Margarethe von Trotta • Scenario: Margarethe von Trotta • Actors: Jutta Lampe, Agnes Fink, Heinz Bennent, Konstantin Wecker, Fritz Lichtenhahn, Gudrun Gabriel, Rainer Delventhal

Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with Maurice, the son of her boss, starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister. But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?

Length: 92 min

Year: 1979
Local premiere date: 1. April 1981

Country of origin:

  • Germany

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles

Director: Margarethe von Trotta • Scenario: Margarethe von Trotta • Actors: Jutta Lampe, Agnes Fink, Heinz Bennent, Konstantin Wecker, Fritz Lichtenhahn, Gudrun Gabriel, Rainer Delventhal

Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with Maurice, the son of her boss, starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister. But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?

Year: 1979
Local premiere date: 1. April 1981

Country of origin:

  • Germany

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles