BELOVED SISTERS
by Dominik Graf
synopsis
1788 in Rudolstadt, a small provincial town in Germany. The beautiful Caroline von Beulwitz is unhappily married, longing for love and life. Charlotte von Lengefeld, her shy sister, dreams of finding a husband. The two are a heart and soul, until HE enters their lives: Friedrich Schiller, the man who wrote "The Robbers", an overnight sensation, the espouser of proto-revolutionary republican ideals. Through the hot summer the two women compete for the man.
| international title: | Beloved Sisters |
| original title: | Die geliebten Schwestern |
| country: | Germany |
| sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) |
| year: | 2014 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Dominik Graf |
| film run: | 170' |
| screenplay: | Dominik Graf |
| cast: | Hannah Herzsprung, Henriette Confurius, Florian Stetter, Claudia Messner, Anne Schäfer, Maja Maranow, Ronald Zehrfeld |
| cinematography by: | Michael Wiesweg |
| film editing: | Claudia Wolscht |
| art director: | Claus-Jürgen Pfeiffer |
| costumes designer: | Barbara Grupp |
| producer: | Uschi Reich |
| co-producer: | Barbara Buhl, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Wolfgang Stürzl, Helge Sasse, Solveig Fina, Martina Priemer |
| production: | Bavaria Film, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Wega Film, WS Filmproduktion, Senator Film Produktion, Kiddinx Filmproduktion, BR Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARD Degeto Film GMBH, ARTE GEIE |
| backing: | Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, German Federal Film Board, German Federal Film Fund, CineTirol, FISA Filmstandort Austria |
| distributor: | Senator Filmverleih |
