Marianne and Juliane

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Marianne and Juliane

Released Sep 25, 1981

1h 46m

Drama

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Sisters Marianne (Barbara Sukowa) and Juliane (Jutta Lampe) are as similar, and as different, as can be. Marianne is a journalist who believes the only way to enact meaningful social change is through careful observation and factual reporting. Juliane thinks that radical terrorism and fear of violence is the only way to change the world. When Juliane lands herself in prison, Marianne begins to doubt herself and, against the wishes of her boyfriend (Rudiger Vogler), helps her sister.

Jesús Fernández Santos

El Pais (Spain)

Director Margarethe von Trotta does a solid and precise job. [Full Review in Spanish]

Aug 21, 2019

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Beth Horning

Sojourner

[Director Margarethe] Von Trotta's greatest achievement lies in making all of this emotionally resonant.

Aug 21, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 4/5

Jun 11, 2005

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william k

Intense and affecting analysis of the sisters' relationship which also reflects important political issues in Germany at the time; the cast is excellent.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Il terrorismo raccontato senza azione e senza violenza, ma con un approccio introspettivo caratteizzato dal rapporto ambiguo e tormentato tra due sorella nella Germania degli anni sessanta. Austerità rappresentativa da cinema scandinavo e più vicina a Fassbinder che a Herzog o Wenders. A tratti noioso.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Excellent film.........historically insightful and accurate.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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A movie I'd never have got to know were it not for my film seminar at uni where I did German studies, it's a truly strong story of a period in German history that's less well-known, but recently more thematised, the post-68 era of left-wing extremism.Two sisters go different paths of dissent in a stuffy conservative country, one remains a critic within the law, the other turns radicalised terrorist. their personal relationship and the political are intertwined.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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It's German, so it must be depressing!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Il terrorismo raccontato senza azione e senza violenza, ma con un approccio introspettivo caratteizzato dal rapporto ambiguo e tormentato tra due sorella nella Germania degli anni sessanta. Austerità rappresentativa da cinema scandinavo e più vicina a Fassbinder che a Herzog o Wenders. A tratti noioso.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Margarethe von Trotta

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Jutta Lampe

Juliane

Barbara Sukowa

Marianne

Rudiger Vogler

Wolfgang

Doris Schade

The mother

Vérénice Rudolph

Sabine

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Synopsis

Sisters Marianne (Barbara Sukowa) and Juliane (Jutta Lampe) are as similar, and as different, as can be. Marianne is a journalist who believes the only way to enact meaningful social change is through careful observation and factual reporting. Juliane thinks that radical terrorism and fear of violence is the only way to change the world. When Juliane lands herself in prison, Marianne begins to doubt herself and, against the wishes of her boyfriend (Rudiger Vogler), helps her sister.

Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Producer: Eberhard Junkersdorf
Screenwriter: Margarethe von Trotta
Distributor: New Yorker Films
Production Co: Bioskop Film, Sender Freies Berlin (SFB)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 1981, Wide
Runtime: 1h 46m