The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (film)

The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, or How violence develops and where it can lead German original title Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie fhren kann is a 1975 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Heinrich Bll, written for the screen by Volker Schlndorff and Margarethe von Trotta. Schlndorff and von Trotta wrote the script with an emphasis on the vindictive and harsh treatment of an innocent woman by the public, the police and the media.

Katharina Blum is an innocent woman who works as a housekeeper whose life is ruined by an invasive tabloid reporter and a police investigation when the man with whom she has just met and quickly fallen in love with turns out to be a radical bank robber and an alleged terrorist. She suddenly becomes a suspect in the crimes hes being accused of. Throughout the film, Katharinas limits are tested and her dignity, as well as her sanity, is on the line as she tries her best to make her voice heard and the truth known.Produced during a time of political controversy in West Germany, and a time where journalists would stop at nothing to get their name known in the field, the film digs deep into human rights violations in what should be a peaceful, democratic country, and shines a light on the vindictive nature of the press and the tendency they have to spread lies and distort the facts. The film, unlike the novel, ends with a scene at Ttges funeral, with his publisher delivering a hypocritical condemnation of the murder as an infringement on the freedom of the press. ........

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