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The screening on Thursday 27 October is introduced by Erica Carter (King's College London), and will be proceeded by an informal discussion in The Garden Cinema Bar.
When a young woman spends the night with an alleged terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins. The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum portrays an anxious era in West Germany amid a crumbling postwar political consensus. Katharina, though apparently innocent, suddenly becomes a suspect, falling prey to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist that tests the limits of her dignity and her sanity. Crafting one of the most accessible and direct works of 1970s political filmmaking, Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta deliver a powerful adaptation of Heinrich Böll’s novel, a stinging commentary on state power, individual freedom, and media manipulation that is as relevant today as when it was released.
Cast:
Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow