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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
GERMANY · 1975

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Margarethe von Trotta
police harassment media manipulation loss of privacy wrongful persecution vigilante justice
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Synopsis

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

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