Plot
A countess loves her brother's Prussian-officer friend in the 1919 Baltic area.
Cast
Margarethe von Trotta
as Sophie de Reval
Matthias Habich
as Erich von Lhomond
Rüdiger Kirschstein
as Conrad de Reval
Mathieu Carrière
as Volkmar von Plessen
Valeska Gert
as Tante Praskovia
Frederik von Zichy
as Franz von Aland
Bruno Thost
as Chopin
Marc Eyraud
as Doctor Paul Rugen
Henry van Lyck
as Borschikoff
Alexander von Eschwege
as Blankenberg
Gallery
Reviews
This really struck a personal, compelling blow for me. I completely understood von Trotta's performance of a person who will do anything, no matter how devastating to whom, in order to be noticed, and loved. This film should be much better known, and watched.