"Second Awakening of Christina Klages"
1977
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta

Von Trotta's first solo directorial effort without husband Volker Schlondorff is the story of Christa (Tina Engel), a young divorced mother who, to finance her day-care center, robs a bank with two male accomplices and then finds that her associates at the center will not accept the stolen money. An unpredictable, didactic and profoundly political film. "Christa Klages is about friendships and bonds of identification between women…it's the film that the touted Girl Friends and One Sings, The Other Doesn't claimed to be but never got around to" (Chicago Reader). German with English subtitles.  93 minutes.