Germany 1975Language:GermanSubtitles:EnglishDirector:Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von TrottaWriter:Heinrich Böll, Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von TrottaCinematographer:Jost VacanoEditor:Peter PrzygoddaMusic:Hans Werner HenzeSound:Klaus Eckelt, Wolfgang Löper, Willi SchwadorfWith:Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter LaserProducer:Willi Benninger, Eberhard Junkersdorf, Gunther WitteProduction Company:Bioskop Film, Paramount-Orion Filmproduktion, WDR)Distributor:STUDIOCANAL GmbH106 min, Colour, Blu-ray

A political, social contemporary document of the Federal Republic of Germany in the 70s, based on the story by Heinrich Böll. The film deals ultimately with the question of how violence and character assassination arise, today we call it "bullying". After a carnival ball, Katharina Blum spends a night with a young man who is wanted by the police as a deserter. The following morning her apartment becomes the target of a massive police operation, and Katharina is taken away as a supposed escape helper. The press reports in an unprecedented smear campaign in big headlines about the "tart". In the hysterically charged tone of a military commander, Mario Adorf, as Commissioner Beizmenne, delivers gripping word duels with Angela Winkler.

Director's Biography:Volker Schlöndorff as co-director, with Margarethe von Trotta as director, were in a relationship when they filmed Böll's story. Von Trotta was an actress before she made her own movies. With KATHARINA BLUM, she started her career as a director