Movielogr
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
Overview
Three people rob a bank to help a day care center that’s in debt. Wolf is captured, Werner identified, police suspect Christa is the third. She and Werner ask Hans, a clergyman, to launder the money and give it to the kindergarten. He refuses. They try Ingrid, Christa’s friend, who tries to help, but the school rejects the money. When tragedy strikes Werner, Hans helps Christa bolt to a collective in Portugal. Ingrid visits her; their relationship makes the collective nervous, so she returns to Germany and ceases living in hiding. The police are still looking for her and so is a witness to the robbery, Lena, a bank clerk. Lena’s interest brings Christa’s second awakening.
Length 88 minutes
Actors
Tina Engel | Silvia Reize | Katharina Thalbach | Marius Müller-Westernhagen | Peter Schneider | Ulrich von Dobschütz | Erika Wackernagel | Friedrich Kaiser | Achim Krausz | Fritz Ley | Gertrud Thomele | Rosa Sämmer | Margit Czenki | Hildegard Linden | Josef Bierbichler | Felix Moeller