Beloved Sisters
2014 film
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Beloved Sisters (German: Die geliebten Schwestern)[1] is a 2014 German biographical film written and directed by Dominik Graf. The film is based on the life of the German poet Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) and upon his long relationships with two sisters, Caroline and Charlotte von Lengefeld. Schiller was ultimately married to Charlotte von Lengefeld.
- Hannah Herzsprung
- Florian Stetter
- Henriette Confurius
- Claudia Messner
- Ronald Zehrfeld
- Maja Maranow
- Michael Wittenborn
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| Directed by | Dominik Graf |
| Written by | Dominik Graf |
| Produced by | Uschi Reich |
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| Cinematography | Michael Wiesweg |
| Edited by | Claudia Wolscht |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The film was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, and had its premiere at the festival.[2] It was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[3]
Cast
- Henriette Confurius as Charlotte von Lengefeld
- Florian Stetter as Friedrich Schiller
- Hannah Herzsprung as Caroline von Beulwitz
- Claudia Messner as Madame Lengefeld
- Ronald Zehrfeld as Wolzogen
- Andreas Pietschmann as Friedrich von Beulwitz
- Maja Maranow as Frau von Stein
- Peter Schneider as Christian Gottfried Körner
- Anne Schäfer as Charlotte von Kalb
- Michael Wittenborn as Knebel
- Thomas Kornack as Kutscher in Weimar
- Christine Zart as Housekeeper Stein
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10.[4]
