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Is This Fate?

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Original title: Von wegen Schicksal
Year: 1979
Running time: 117 min.
Country: Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Director: Helga Reidemeister
Screenwriter: Helga Reidemeister
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Suzanne Beyeler, Axel Brandt, Thomas Tanner (B&W)
Producer: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB), Literarisches Colloquium, ZDF
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Irene Rakowitz, 48, is a divorced mother of four, who lives with her two youngest children in Berlin’s Märkisches Viertel district, surviving on disability payments. Her ex-husband, a former miner, lives in the same high-rise. Inspired by student activities in her neighbourhood, Irene has freed herself from her husband. But loud and abrasive conflict persists regarding his ongoing influence on the children. The older daughters are hateful and judgemental of their mother, calling her a “troublemaker”.

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