Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness

Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness

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1979-09-17

Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with Maurice, the son of her boss, starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister. But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?

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Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness

Storyline

Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with Maurice, the son of her boss, starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister. But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?

Released

1979-09-17

Runtime

95

Director

Margarethe von Trotta

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Drama

Language

Deutsch

Production

Neue Bioskop Film

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    Jutta Lampe

    Jutta Lampe
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    Gudrun Gabriel

    Gudrun Gabriel
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    Konstantin Wecker

    Konstantin Wecker
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    Agnes Fink

    Agnes Fink
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    Heinz Bennent

    Heinz Bennent
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    Fritz Lichtenhahn

    Fritz Lichtenhahn
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    Jessica Früh

    Jessica Früh
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    Rainer Delventhal

    Rainer Delventhal