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Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness
Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness
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Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness

Original Title: Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks

1979
1h 35m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1979

Runtime

1h 35m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Streaming

2
Philo
Fandor Amazon Channel

Rent

1
Amazon Video

Buy

1
Amazon Video

Ads

2
Cineverse
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Storyline

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?

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Sep 17, 1979
Languages
German
Director
Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta
Production
Neue Bioskop Film
Neue Bioskop Film
WDR
WDR
Production Countries
Germany

Top Cast

8 Cast Members

Jutta Lampe

Jutta Lampe

Maria Sundermann

Gudrun Gabriel

Gudrun Gabriel

Anna Sundermann

Konstantin Wecker

Konstantin Wecker

Robert Edelschneider

Agnes Fink

Agnes Fink

Mutter Sundermann

Heinz Bennent

Heinz Bennent

Münzinger

Fritz Lichtenhahn

Fritz

Jessica Früh

Miriam

Rainer Delventhal

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