Die bleierne Zeit (1981)

Revolutionary Marianne argues her cause with her activist and journalist sister.
Sisters are resisters as director Margarethe von Trotta puts revolutionary women at the heart of New German Cinema. Armed revolutionary Marianne (based on the Red Army Faction’s leader Gudrun Ensslin) argues the cause with her sister Juliane, a feminist activist and journalist.
1981 Federal Republic of Germany
Directed by
Margarethe von Trotta
Produced by
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Written by
Margarethe von Trotta
Featuring
Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler
Running time
107 minutes