We Are Half The World

We Are Half The World

Documentary, History | Nov. 13, 2018

They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they would not be deterred. For decades ten thousands of women in Germany, Great Britain, in France, the U.S. and many other countries fought for their right to vote. Some used the institutions, others turned into media savvy politicians, and still others turned to terrorism, went on hunger strike, or died as martyrs. 100 years later we tell a multi-perspective and emotional story of the international fight, against all odds, for women’s suffrage as an important step towards equal rights.

We Are Half The World

Documentary, History | Nov. 13, 2018

We Are Half The World
They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they would not be deterred. For decades ten thousands of women in Germany, Great Britain, in France, the U.S. and many other countries fought for their right to vote. Some used the institutions, others turned into media savvy politicians, and still others turned to terrorism, went on hunger strike, or died as martyrs. 100 years later we tell a multi-perspective and emotional story of the international fight, against all odds, for women’s suffrage as an important step towards equal rights.
Producers Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion
Original title Die Hälfte der Welt gehört uns - Als Frauen das Wahlrecht erkämpften
Directors Annette Baumeister, Carsten Gutschmidt
Writers Stefanie Wilke, Annette Baumeister

Cast

Jeanette Hain

as Marguerite Durand

Angelina Häntsch

as Josefine

Johanna Gastdorf

as Anita Augsburg

Esther Schweins

as Emmeline Pankhurst

Anke Retzlaff

as Christabel Pankhurst

Harald Schrott

as George Clemenceau

Karl Knaup

as Premierminister Asquith