The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Jan 10, 1975

1h 44m

★ 7.0

Overview

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

WDR

Neue Bioskop Film

Paramount-Orion Filmproduktion

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Trailers

Cast

Katharina Blum

Angela Winkler

Kommissar Beizmenne

Mario Adorf

Werner Tötges

Dieter Laser

Ludwig Götten

Jürgen Prochnow

Dr. Blorna, Anwalt

Heinz Bennent

Trude Blorna

Hannelore Hoger

Staatsanwalt Hach

Rolf Becker

Moeding, Polizist

Harald Kuhlmann

Weninger, Journalist „Die Zeitung“

Herbert Fux

Else Woltersheim, Patentante Katharinas

Regine Lutz

Konrad Beiters

Werner Eichhorn

Alois Sträubleder, Unternehmer

Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

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