Beloved Sisters

Jul 31, 2014

3h 0m

★ 5.8

The secret story of Schiller's passion.

Overview

A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.

Genres

Romance

Drama

History

Production Companies

Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions GmbH

Senator Film

WS Filmproduktion

Wega Film

ARTE

WDR

ARD Degeto

Beloved Sisters Trailers

Cast

Caroline von Lengefeld

Hannah Herzsprung

Friedrich Schiller

Florian Stetter

Charlotte von Lengefeld

Henriette Confurius

Wolzogen

Ronald Zehrfeld

Madame Lengefeld

Claudia Messner

Mrs. von Stein

Maja Maranow

Knebel

Michael Wittenborn

Friedrich von Beulwitz

Andreas Pietschmann

Charlotte von Kalb

Anne Schäfer

Christian Gottfried Körner

Peter Schneider

Kutsher

Thomas Kornack

Henry Heron

Klaus Lehmann

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