A Woman in Flames

May 11, 1983

1h 46m

★ 5.0

Overview

Eva, an upper-class housewife, frustratedly leaves her arrogant husband and decides to enter the call girl business. She lets Yvonne, a prostitute, teach her the basics and both set out for prey together, until Eva starts an affair with Chris, who turns out to be a call boy, as well. Consequently, she moves into his penthouse, large enough for both to offer their services separately.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion

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Cast

Eva

Gudrun Landgrebe

Chris

Mathieu Carrière

Kurt

Hanns Zischler

Yvonne

Gabriele Lafari

Markus

Matthias Fuchs

Klaus Mikoleit

Magdalena Montezuma

Carola Regnier

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