Brief an mein Leben

Jun 26, 2015

1h 30m

★ 4.9

Overview

Diagnosis burnout: The successful career woman Toni Lehmstedt can be referred to a psychiatric clinic after a physical breakdown. Urs Egger's free adaptation of the biographical novel of the same name by Miriam Meckel with Grimme award winner Marie Bäumer in the leading role.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

ZDF

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Cast

Toni

Marie Bäumer

Jan Neuhaus

Max Hopp

Dr. Pogel

Hanns Zischler

Gisela

Christina Große

Paul Lehmstedt

Joachim Bißmeier

Romy Lehmstedt

Jutta Wachowiak

Maria

Christina Hecke

Dr. Andrea Rudolph

Tina Engel

Thilo Morgenstern

Leopold Hornung

Steffi Gabelsberger

Annette Paulmann

Dr. Darius

Petra Morzé

Sarah Döhring

Melanie Straub

Professor Mirella Buzzati, recovering from a failed relationship that ended with a divorce from her husband, travels to Perugia where she has obtained a mathematics teaching position at a high school. Her hatred of men, evident during the train ride and in her interactions with male colleagues who quickly flock to her, quickly yields to the attractiveness of Alain, a student nicknamed "the dark and handsome" by the high school girls. He already has a relationship with Giorgina, a fellow student of the same age and a fanatical militant of "Lotta Continua." In an effort to win over her idol, Mirella becomes unscrupulous in her teaching, preaches political and sexual revolution; she earns the headmaster's rebukes, and heaps scathing criticism on her rival Giorgina. After a stint in Paris with a lesbian colleague, the professor resumes her attack and obtains Alain's physical performance, but not her love: the boy understands her well and deeply despises her.

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