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title: 'Marianne and Juliane (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Margarethe von Trotta'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/marianne-and-juliane-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082081/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Marianne and Juliane (1981)

1981 · 106 min · Drama, History · Germany

Original title: Die bleierne Zeit

## Synopsis

Marianne and Juliane, also called The German Sisters in the United Kingdom, is a 1981 West German film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the true lives of Christiane and Gudrun Ensslin (1940–1977). The original German title refers to the authoritarian "Leaden Time" of the 1950s, which von Trotta suggests led to the sisters' rebelliousness, and ultimately to Gudrun's later role as a leading member of the Red Army Faction. In the film, von Trotta depicts the two sisters Juliane (Christiane) and Marianne (Gudrun) through their friendship and journey to understanding each other. Marianne and Juliane was von Trotta's third film and solidified her position as a director of the New German Cinema.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Margarethe von Trotta](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarethe-von-trotta)
- **Screenplay:** [Margarethe von Trotta](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarethe-von-trotta)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nicolas Economou](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-economou)
- **Producer:** [Eberhard Junkersdorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/eberhard-junkersdorf)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Rath](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-rath)
- **Editor:** [Dagmar Hirtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/dagmar-hirtz)

## Cast

- [Rolf Schult](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-schult)
- [Luc Bondy](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-bondy)
- [Jutta Lampe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jutta-lampe) as Juliane Klein
- [Vérénice Rudolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/verenice-rudolph)
- [Rüdiger Vogler](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudiger-vogler)
- [Anton Rattinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-rattinger)
- [Franz Rudnick](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-rudnick)
- [Felix Moeller](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-moeller)
- [Julia Biedermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-biedermann)
- [Barbara Sukowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-sukowa) as Marianne Klein
- [Doris Schade](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-schade)
- [Hannelore Minkus](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannelore-minkus)

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