The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum(Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum)
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West Germany · 1975
Rated R · 1h 44m
Director Margarethe von Trotta
Starring Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow
Genre Crime, Drama
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Katharina Blum, a housekeeper, falls in love with a man she spends the night with after meeting him at a party. Later, she finds out that he is an alleged terrorist and a wanted man. After her brief tryst to this man becomes public, she is harassed by the police, the press, and her neighbors, and must fight to maintain her dignity.
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