Sternstunde ihres Lebens (2014)
Bonn 1948. The member of parliament and lawyer Elisabeth Selbert fights tirelessly for the inclusion of the sentence "Men and women have equal rights" in the Basic Law of the future Federal Republic of Germany. Despite the opposition she encounters during sessions in the Parliamentary Council , there is _she does not stop and stubbornly sticks to her plan . Selbert experiences a grandiose triumph when her application is included in the new Basic Law under Article 3, Paragraph 2 . In doing so , she lays the foundation for what has now been a 65-year political and social debate on the subjectEqual rights.
Director: Erica von Moeller
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Anna Maria Mühe as Irma Lankwitz |
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Iris Berben as Elisabeth Selbert |
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Lena Stolze as Frieda Nadig |
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Maja Schöne as Lore Mertens |
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Eleonore Weisgerber as Helene Wessel |
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Petra Welteroth as Helene Weber |
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Rudolf Kowalski as Adam Selbert |
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Walter Sittler as Albert Finck |
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Max von Thun as Heinrich Bode |
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Felix Vörtler as Carlo Schmid |
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Klaus Mikoleit as Theodor Heuss |
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Dietrich Mattausch as Konrad Adenauer |
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Jochen Kolenda as Walter Strauss |
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Peter Harting as Herbert Wagner |
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Dagmar Sachse as Martha Wagner |
| Writing | Ulla Ziemann | Writer |
| Directing | Erica von Moeller | Director |
| Editing | Renata Salazar-Ivancan | Editor |
| Camera | Sophie Maintigneux | Director of Photography |