
Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness
1979 • Drama
Margarethe von Trotta
Director
Wolfgang Bächler
Writer
Margarethe von Trotta
Writer
Luisa Francia
Writer
Martje Grohmann
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
September 17, 1979
Duration
95 Min
Language
de
Popularity
0.3166
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with Maurice, the son of her boss, starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister. But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?
Cast

Jutta Lampe

Gudrun Gabriel

Konstantin Wecker

Heinz Bennent