Clarissa (1998)
Vienna before the First World War: Clarissa Schuhmeister grows up in the monastery. Strict discipline determines her life until she meets the Frenchman Léonard and falls in love with him. Just when she expects a child from him, the First World War tears the happy couple apart. Out of pragmatism, Clarissa marries Gottfried, a deserter, with whom she makes a painful yet realistic agreement so that he will not be sent back to war. But she never feels love for him because she can not forget Léonard.
Director: Jacques Deray
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Maruschka Detmers as Clarissa Schuhmeister |
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Tobias Moretti as Gottfried |
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Claude Rich as Professor Silberstein |
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Stéphane Freiss as Leonard |
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Wolfgang Gasser as Clarissas Vater |
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Elena Sofia Ricci as Marion |
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Fritz Karl as Huber |
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Dorothea Parton as Madame Kutshera |
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Michael Rotschopf as Edouard |
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Robert Hoffmann as Dr Ferleitner |
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Bigi Fischer as Déléguée Serbe |
| Writing | Jean-Claude Carrière | Writer |
| Directing | Jacques Deray | Director |
| Writing | Stefan Zweig | Novel |