Thirty Years with the Whip

Oct 25, 2024

1h 29m

★ 0.0

Overview

A portrait of Rosa von Praunheim's neighbor, who worked for decades as a professional dominatrix in Berlin's Wilmersdorf district. While the real Lady MacLaine reflects authentically and wittily on her life and work, her life is retold in dramatized scenes.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

ARTE

SWR

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Cast

Lady Odette

Katharina Gerhardt

Tina

Katja Inga Baldowski

Meinhard

Léon Schröder

Frank

Markus Gertken

Fred

Heiko Pinkowski

Max

Andreas Stadler

Klaus

Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg

Heiko

Martin Glade

Mustafa

Hisham Alnamer

Ute

Katrin Katz Köbbert

Lady MacLaine

Justus Hermann

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