Film

The African Woman

10.019901h 45mDrama

Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Year: 1990

A dying woman, who stole her best friend's lover, is convinced that a spell has been cast on her, so she orchestrates her former friend's return from a self-imposed exile in Africa in the hopes of breaking the spell.

Top cast

Barbara Sukowa

Martha

Stefania Sandrelli

Anna

Sami Frey

Victor

Jan Biczycki

Swinarski

Alexandre Mnouchkine

Andrej

Jacques Sernas

Dr. Wargnier

Kadidia Diarra

Kind

Bernard Tachl

Hausmeister

Yannick Van Nieuwenhove

Flughafenpolizist

Pierre Deny

Journalist

Sotigui Kouyaté

Schwarzer im Bistro

Valentina Lainati

Directed by

Margarethe von Trotta

Written by

Margarethe von Trotta

Produced by

Giuseppe Auriemma, Augusto Caminito, Eberhard Junkersdorf