Romy Schneider stares into the abyss of fascism — and the abyss stares back.
Leni Gruyetin, a resident of Nazi Germany, lives a tumultuous life as she bears witness to the fascist regime of the Nazis.
Acting
Romy Schneider's haunted eyes do what dialogue cannot.
Cinematography
Claustrophobic framing that traps you with her.
Direction
Petrović refuses easy moral comfort at every turn.
Director
Aleksandar Petrović
Romy Schneider
Leni Gruyten
Brad Dourif
Boris Koltowski
Michel Galabru
Walter Pelzer
Vadim Glowna
Erhard Schweigert
Richard Münch
Hubert Gruyten
Vitus Zeplichal
Heinrich Gruyten
Milena Dravić
Schwester Klementine
Rüdiger Vogler
Boldig
Rudolf Schündler
Otto Hoyser
Wolfgang Condrus
Kremp
Peter Kern
Werner Hoyser
Dieter Schidor
Kurt Hoyser
Isolde Barth
Lotte Hoyser
Witta Pohl
Oberin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Nobel laureate Heinrich Böll's novel, the film was Yugoslav director Petrović's troubled international coproduction.
Schneider, exiled from German cinema for political reasons, returned to confront her nation's trauma through Leni's complicity.
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