Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness

Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness

Infobox Film
name = Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness


image_size =
caption = DVD cover
director = Margarethe von Trotta
producer =
writer = Margarethe von Trotta
Luisa Francia
Martje Grohmann
Wolfgang Bächler
narrator =
starring =
music = Konstantin Wecker
cinematography = Franz Rath
editing = Annette Dorn
distributor = Cinema 5 Distributing (USA)
released = September 8 1979 (West Germany)
January 31 1980 (USA)
runtime = 95 mins.
country = West Germany
language = German
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:110415
imdb_id = 0079866

"Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness" (German: "Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks") is a 1979 West German drama film written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta.

Cast

*Jutta Lampe and Maria Sundermann
*Gudrun Gabriel and Anna Sundermann
*Jessica Früh and Miriam Grau
*Konstantin Wecker and Robert Edelschneider
*Agnes Fink and Mutter Sundermann
*Heinz Bennent and Münzinger
*Rainer Delventhal and Maurice Münzinger
*Fritz Lichtenhahn and Fritz
*Günther Schütz and Professor
*Ilse Bahrs and Blinde Frau
*Barbara Sauerbaum and Maria as a Child
*Marie-Helena Diekmann and Anna as a Child
*Lieselotte Arnold and Frau Eder
*Editha Horn and Sister of Blind Woman
*Ellen Esser and Nurse Fritz
*Heinrich Marmann and Porter
*Edith Garden and English language teacher
*Kathie Thomsen and Flutist
*Volker Schwab and Robert's Colleague

Awards

In 1980, the film won the Film Award in Gold at the German Film Awards and in 1981 it won the Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival. [cite web
title = Awards for Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks
publisher =Internet Movie Database
url =http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079866/awards
accessdate =2007-12-24
]

References

External links

*imdb title|0079866


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