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Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness
| image = BalanceOfHappiness.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Margarethe von Trotta
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| music = Konstantin Wecker
| cinematography = Franz Rath
| editing = Annette Dorn
| distributor = Cinema 5 Distributing (USA)
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| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = West Germany
| language = German
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'Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness' is a 1979 West German drama film written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta.
Cast
*Jutta Lampe as Maria Sundermann
*Gudrun Gabriel as Anna Sundermann
*Jessica Frh as Miriam Grau
*Konstantin Wecker as Robert Edelschneider
*Agnes Fink as Mutter Sundermann
*Heinz Bennent as Mnzinger
*Rainer Delventhal as Maurice Mnzinger
*Fritz Lichtenhahn as Fritz
*Gnther Schtz as Professor
*Ilse Bahrs as Blinde Frau
*Barbara Sauerbaum as Maria as a Child
*Marie-Helena Diekmann as Anna as a Child
*Lieselotte Arnold as Frau Eder
*Editha Horn as Sister of Blind Woman
*Ellen Esser as Nurse Fritz
*Heinrich Marmann as Porter
*Edith Garden as English language teacher
*Kathie Thomsen as Flutist
*Volker Schwab as Robert's Colleague
Accolades
In 1980, the film won the Film Award in Gold at the German Film Awards and in 1981 it won the Grand Prix at the Crteil International Women's Film Festival.
References
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