DVD Review: Lost Honor of Katherina Blum, The (B)

Lost Honor Of Katherina Blum (1975)
Directed By Volker Schlondorff & Margarethe Von Trotta
German With Subtitles
Grade: B

Review by Scott Standish

Focused clearly on the issues of terrorism/anarchy and the tendency of the press to sensationalize stories for their own gain, this film could have been made today.

Based on the novella of the same name, The Lost Honor of Katherina Blum relates the story of a young girl who meets and falls for a young man wanted by the government. In their mad attempt to track him down, they drag the naive girl (Katherina Blum) into their non-stop interrogation machine.

The governement works hand in hand with the press, who unscrupulously badger and defame everyone in their way (all in the name of selling more papers).

The acting is solid and the direction is superb. Highly recommended.

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