Was part of a deal between Swiss (DRS), German (ZDF) and Austrian (ORF) televisions to co-produce three movies commemorating the birth of democracy in central Europe. The two other titles of this "Trilogy 1848" are "Feuer!" and "Die Pauluskirche".
Described as an answer to Fassbinder’s The Marriage of Maria Braun, Fraulein tells the story of a German woman and a former French prisoner of war living in 1950s Germany. Instead of playing a role in rebuilding her country, Haneke’s ******e remains preoccupied with her personal affairs. Shot predominantly in black and white (with a color sequence added toward the end), Fraulei...
Der Film erzhlt eine Alltagsgeschichte, das Wochenende einer geschiedenen Frau, die gelegentlich mit ihren Freundinnen ausgeht und Mnnerbekanntschaften macht. Es ist eine Frau, die die desillusionierende Erfahrung einer Scheidung hinter sich hat, die versucht, zurechtzukommen und nicht aufzugeben. Weil sie berufsttig ist, hat sie ihr Kind zu ihren Eltern gegeben und die Schu...
"Two neighbors--Paula, a single woman with two children, and Paul, a conservative bureaucrat stuck in a loveless marriage--begin to fall in love. The free-spirited Paula tries to liberate Paul from his complacent life, but it's not until tragedy and heartaches beset them both that he begins to fully appreciate her love. But is it too late"--Container
