The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)
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.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
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Tina Engel as Christa Klages |
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Silvia Reize as Ingrid Häkele |
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Katharina Thalbach as Lena Seidlhofer |
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Marius Müller-Westernhagen as Werner Wiedemann |
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Peter Schneider as Hans Grawe |
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Ulrich von Dobschütz as Heinz, Ingrid's husband |
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Erika Wackernagel as Mother of Hans |
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Friedrich Kaiser as Wolfgang |
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Achim Krausz as Bank director |
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Fritz Ley as Old man from Riga |
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Gertrud Thomele as Mother of Christa |
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Rosa Sämmer as Caretaker |
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Margit Czenki as Reingard, kindergarten teacher |
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Hildegard Linden as Woman on the Train |
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Josef Bierbichler as Homeowner (uncredited) |
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Felix Moeller as Boy on the Train (uncredited) |
| Directing | Margarethe von Trotta | Director |
| Camera | Franz Rath | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gunther Witte | Producer |
| Writing | Margarethe von Trotta | Writer |
| Writing | Luisa Francia | Writer |
| Production | Eberhard Junkersdorf | Producer |
| Editing | Annette Dorn | Editor |
| Sound | Klaus Doldinger | Music |
| Sound | Vladimír Vízner | Sound |
