Sternstunde ihres Lebens (2014)

May. 21,2014

6.1

| Drama History

Bonn 1948. The member of parliament and lawyer Elisabeth Selbert fights tirelessly for the inclusion of the sentence "Men and women have equal rights" in the Basic Law of the future Federal Republic of Germany. Despite the opposition she encounters during sessions in the Parliamentary Council , there is _she does not stop and stubbornly sticks to her plan . Selbert experiences a grandiose triumph when her application is included in the new Basic Law under Article 3, Paragraph 2 . In doing so , she lays the foundation for what has now been a 65-year political and social debate on the subjectEqual rights.

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Cast

Anna Maria Mühe as Irma Lankwitz

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Iris Berben as Elisabeth Selbert

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Lena Stolze as Frieda Nadig

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Reviews

ThiefHott

2014/05/21

Too much of everything

Matialth

2014/05/22

Good concept, poorly executed.

Siflutter

2014/05/23

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Abbigail Bush

2014/05/24

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.