The Second Awakening of Christa Klages

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages

92 mins | Drama | Feb. 24, 1978

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.

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages

92 mins | Drama | Feb. 24, 1978

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Bioskop-Film GmbH
Original title Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages
Directors Margarethe von Trotta
Writers Luisa Francia, Margarethe von Trotta

Cast

Tina Engel

as Christa Klages

Silvia Reize

as Ingrid Häkele

Katharina Thalbach

as Lena Seidlhofer

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

as Werner Wiedemann

Peter Schneider

as Hans Grawe

Ulrich von Dobschütz

as Heinz, Ingrids Eheman

Erika Wackernagel

as Mutter von Hans

Friedrich Kaiser

as Wolfgang

Achim Krausz

as Bankdirector

Fritz Ley

as Alter Mann aus Riga

Gertrud Thomele

as Mutter von Christa

Rosa Sämmer

as Hausmeisterin