DVD
The lost honor of Katharina Blum = Die verlorene ehre der Katharina Blum
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In German, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Bennent, Hannelore Hoger, Rolf Becker, Karl Heinz Vosgerau.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2003]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
When the police arrest Katharina Blum on suspicion of harboring a terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins, Katharina is suject to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist, testing the limits of her dignity and her sanity.
Notes
Title from disc surface.
Based on the novel by Heinrich Böll.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.
Special features: video interview with directors Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta ; video interview with cinematographer Jost Vocano ; excerpts from Heinrich Böll, a 1977 documentary about the author of The lost honor of Katharina Blum ; original theatrical trailer.