---
title: 'The Future of Emily (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Helma Sanders-Brahms'
released: '1984-12-03'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-future-of-emily-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087275/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Future of Emily (1984)

1984 · Drama · Germany, France

Original title: Flügel und Fesseln

## Synopsis

The Future of Emily is a 1984 West German drama film directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. Barbara Kosta, author of Recasting Autobiography: Women's Counterfictions in Contemporary German Literature and Film, states that The Future of Emily, along with Laputa, "pursue[s] traditional narrative patterns" compared to Germany, Pale Mother, and "lapse[s] further into awkward melodrama." Christian Schröder, author of Hildegard Knef: Mir sollten sämtliche Wunder begegnen, wrote that the film appears "very French" and "very German" at the same time and compared it to the films of Éric Rohmer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Helma Sanders-Brahms](https://cinepixo.com/people/helma-sanders-brahms)
- **Producer:** [Helma Sanders-Brahms](https://cinepixo.com/people/helma-sanders-brahms)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jürgen Knieper](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-knieper)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sacha Vierny](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacha-vierny)
- **Editor:** [Ursula West](https://cinepixo.com/people/ursula-west)

## Cast

- [Hildegard Knef](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegard-knef)
- [Ivan Desny](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-desny)
- [Brigitte Fossey](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-fossey)

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