Released:
1972-11-12

Overview:
A very stylized TV version of the Fassbinder play. The set consists of a few pieces of furniture in front of a large screen on which coastal scenery is back projected. Geesche is a nineteenth-century woman who wants to have a mind of her own. She defies convention and will do anything to achieve her freedom from oppression by her family and friends.

Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime:
1h 27min

Genre:
Drama, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Margit Carstensen
  as
  Geesche Gottfried
• 
  Wolfgang Schenck
  as
  Gottfried
• 
  Wolfgang Kieling
  as
  Timm
• 
  Hanna Schygulla
  as
  Luisa Mauer
• 
  Lilo Pempeit
  as
  Mother