The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages
Release: 1978-04-14
·Runtime: 88m
·★ 5.6
Drama
Three people rob a bank to help a day care center that's in debt. Wolf is captured, Werner identified, police suspect Christa is the third. She and Werner ask Hans, a clergyman, to launder the money and give it to the kindergarten. He refuses. They try Ingrid, Christa's friend, who tries to help, but the school rejects the money. When tragedy strikes Werner, Hans helps Christa bolt to a collective in Portugal. Ingrid visits her; their relationship makes the collective nervous, so she returns to Germany and ceases living in hiding. The police are still looking for her and so is a witness to the robbery, Lena, a bank clerk. Lena's interest brings Christa's second awakening.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
WDR
Neue Bioskop Film
Cast
Tina Engel
as Christa Klages
Silvia Reize
as Ingrid Häkele
Marius Müller-Westernhagen
as Werner Wiedemann
Josef Bierbichler
as Homeowner (uncredited)
Felix Moeller
as Boy on the Train (uncredited)
Katharina Thalbach
as Lena Seidlhofer
Peter Schneider
as Hans Grawe
Ulrich von Dobschütz
as Heinz, Ingrid's husband
