Gruppenbild mit Dame (1977) Directed by Aleksandar Petrovic
History / Drama
aka: Group Portrait with Lady
Film Synopsis
Leni Gruyten's life has been as turbulent and unpredictable as her own wayward character.
To save her from the Nazis, Leni, a bourgeois Jew living in Germany, is placed in the
care of a convent of nuns. During the war, she has an affair with her cousin, who
is later shot for refusing to join the German army. She then meets Boris,
a Russian prisoner-of-war who works in a cemetery - another affair that is destined
to end badly...
Script: Ginette Billard (dialogue),
Heinrich Böll (novel),
Jürgen Kolbe,
Aleksandar Petrovic
Cinematographer: Pierre-William Glenn
Cast:Romy Schneider (Leni Gruyten),
Brad Dourif (Boris Koltowski),
Michel Galabru (Walter Pelzer),
Vadim Glowna (Erhard Schweigert),
Richard Münch (Hubert Gruyten),
Vitus Zeplichal (Heinrich Gruyten),
Milena Dravic (Schwester Klementine),
Rüdiger Vogler (Boldig),
Fritz Lichtenhahn (Dr. Scholsdorff),
Rudolf Schündler (Otto Hoyser),
Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic (Bogakov),
Gefion Helmke (Frau Schweigert),
Wolfgang Condrus (Kremp),
Peter Kern (Werner Hoyser),
Dieter Schidor (Kurt Hoyser),
Isolde Barth (Lotte Hoyser),
Miroslav Aleksic (Friedhofswärter),
Elisabeth Bertram (Schwester Columbanus),
Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanic (Mehmed),
Connie Diem (Ilse Kremer)
Country: France / West Germany
Language: German / French
Support: Color
Runtime: 100 min
Aka:Group Portrait with Lady ;
Group Portrait with a Lady
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