Genre: Drama
Release Date: 09/13/2005
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Ger
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Water Bearer Films

Hanna Schygulla and Angela Winkler are the stars of the German psychological drama Friends and Husbands. Having both been burned by unhappy relationships with men, Schygulla and Winkler become more and more reliant upon each other. The men in their lives can't come to grips with their strong friendship, and begin writing off Schygulla and Winkler as "oddballs." As in most of her films, writer/director Margarethe von Trotta probes the unspoken human complexities that draw people together. Von Trotta also weaves a political subtext into the proceedings: it isn't immediately obvious, but it's there all the same.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Hanna Schygulla - Olga
Angela Winkler - Ruth
Peter Striebeck - Franz
Christine Fersen - Erika
Franz Buchrieser - Dieter
Vladimir Yordanoff - Alexej
Agnes Fink - Mother
Felix Moeller - Christof
Jochen Striebeck - Bruno
Therese Affolter - Renate
Werner Eichhorn - Schiesinger
Helga Ballhaus - Gallery Owner
Peter Aust - Hansen
Carla Egerer - Frau Hansen

Production:
Margarethe von Trotta - Director
Eberhard Junkersdorf - Producer
Carole King Nicolas Economou - Composer
Dagmar Hirtz - Editor
Margarethe von Trotta - Screen Writer
Jurgen Henze - Art Director
Michael Ballhaus - Cinematographer
Robert Schumann - Featured Music
Werner Mink - Art Director

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