Film

The Patriotic Woman

7.119792h 1mDrama

Director: Alexander Kluge
Year: 1979

It is a mistake to think that the dead are somehow dead.

Gabi Teichert, a history teacher, is unhappy with the way history is portrayed in textbooks and is looking for an alternative, more practical approach to 'uncovering' the past, quite literally digging with the spade and dissecting books with hammers and drills.

Top cast

Hannelore Hoger

Gabi Teichert, Geschichtslehrerin

Dieter Mainka

Ein Spanner, tagsüber Staatsschützer

Alfred Edel

Herr Mürke, Staatsanwalt

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

Fernsehlieferant

Alexander von Eschwege

Beate Holle

Kurt Jürgens

Willi Münch

Directed by

Alexander Kluge

Written by

Alexander Kluge, Willi Segler, Christel Buschmann