Cast
Barbara Sukowa 
Daniel Olbrychski 
Otto Sander
Credits
Written by: 
Margarethe von Trotta
Plot
The life of the Polish-German revolutionary, her political battles, her love affairs and her imprisonment and murder in 1919.
Sinekatalog’s take
Margarethe von Trotta's biopic follows the Polish-German revolutionary's politics, loves and murder in 1919. Barbara Sukowa won Cannes' best actress in a rich, intelligent portrait of a fiercely principled woman.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (2,159 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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