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Director
  
Margarethe von Trotta

Music director
  
Konstantin Wecker

Language
  
German

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
West Germany

Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness movie poster

Writer
  
Luisa Francia
,
Martje Grohmann
,
Wolfgang Bachler

Release date
  
8 September 1979 (West Germany)January 31, 1980 (USA)

Screenplay
  
Margarethe von Trotta, Luisa Francia, Martje Grohmann

Cast
  
Jutta Lampe
(Maria Sundermann),
Gudrun Gabriel
(Anna Sundermann),
Konstantin Wecker
(Robert Edelschneider),
Agnes Fink
(Mutter Sundermann),
Heinz Bennent
(Münzinger),
Fritz Lichtenhahn
(Fritz)

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Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness (German: Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks) is a 1979 West German drama film written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta.

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Cast

  • Jutta Lampe as Maria Sundermann
  • Gudrun Gabriel as Anna Sundermann
  • Jessica Früh as Miriam Grau
  • Konstantin Wecker as Robert Edelschneider
  • Agnes Fink as Mutter Sundermann
  • Heinz Bennent as Münzinger
  • Rainer Delventhal as Maurice Münzinger
  • Fritz Lichtenhahn as Fritz
  • Günther Schütz as Professor
  • Ilse Bahrs as Blinde Frau
  • Barbara Sauerbaum as Maria as a Child
  • Marie-Helena Diekmann as Anna as a Child
  • Lieselotte Arnold as Frau Eder
  • Editha Horn as Sister of Blind Woman
  • Ellen Esser as Nurse Fritz
  • Heinrich Marmann as Porter
  • Edith Garden as English language teacher
  • Kathie Thomsen as Flutist
  • Volker Schwab as Robert's Colleague

    • Accolades

    In 1980, the film won the Film Award in Gold at the German Film Awards and in 1981 it won the Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival.

    References

    Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness Wikipedia
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    Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness IMDb Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness themoviedb.org