The Second Awakening of Christa Klages

1978·92'

Margarethe von Trotta

Drama

★ 6.1

Letterboxd TMDB #122524

Three people rob a bank to help a day care center that's in debt. Wolf is captured, Werner identified, police suspect Christa is the third. She and Werner ask Hans, a clergyman, to launder the money and give it to the kindergarten. He refuses. They try Ingrid, Christa's friend, who tries to help, but the school rejects the money. When tragedy strikes Werner, Hans helps Christa bolt to a collective in Portugal. Ingrid visits her; their relationship makes the collective nervous, so she returns to Germany and ceases living in hiding. The police are still looking for her and so is a witness to the robbery, Lena, a bank clerk. Lena's interest brings Christa's second awakening.

Cast

Tina Engel Christa Klages

Silvia Reize Ingrid Häkele

Katharina Thalbach Lena Seidlhofer

Marius Müller-Westernhagen Werner Wiedemann

Peter Schneider Hans Grawe

Ulrich von Dobschütz Heinz, Ingrid's husband

Erika Wackernagel Mother of Hans

Friedrich Kaiser Wolfgang

Achim Krausz Bank director

Fritz Ley Old man from Riga

Gertrud Thomele Mother of Christa

Rosa Sämmer Caretaker