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After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
Language
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue --
Deutsch
Budget$1,000,000
Revenue --
Keywords
shadowing
cologne, germany
yellow press
1970s
investigation
carnival
calumny
glory
press freedom
terrorism
police harassment
woman director
social issues
pressure from the press
new german cinema
intimidation by police
instigation
guilt by association
Casts
Angela Winkler
Katharina Blum
Mario Adorf
Kommissar Beizmenne
Dieter Laser
Werner Tötges
Jürgen Prochnow
Ludwig Götten
Heinz Bennent
Dr. Blorna, Anwalt
Hannelore Hoger
Trude Blorna
Rolf Becker
Staatsanwalt Hach
Harald Kuhlmann
Moeding, Polizist
Herbert Fux
Weninger, Journalist „Die Zeitung“
Regine Lutz
Else Woltersheim, Patentante Katharinas
Werner Eichhorn
Konrad Beiters
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau
Alois Sträubleder, Unternehmer
Angelika Hillebrecht
Frau Pletzer
Horatius Häberle
Staatsanwalt Dr. Korten
Achim Strietzel
Lüding, Konzernherr
Peter Franke
Dr. Heinen
Walter Gontermann
Pater Urbanus
Henry van Lyck
"Scheich" Karl
Josephine Gierens
Herta Scheumel
Stephanie Thoennessen
Claudia Stern
Hildegard Linden
Hedwig Plotten
Bernd Nesselhut
Georg (uncredited)
Margarethe von Trotta
(uncredited)
Olivia Wredenhage
Anna (uncredited)
Crews
Peter Przygodda
Editor
Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay
Hans Werner Henze
Original Music Composer
Günther Naumann
Production Design
Jost Vacano
Director of Photography
Ute Burgmann
Production Design
Heinrich Böll
Novel
Margarethe von Trotta
Screenplay
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Margarethe von Trotta
Director
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Producer
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