The Lost Honour Of Katharina Blum Blu Ray – Angela Winkler, Heinz Bennent 

Based on the novel by Heinrich Boll – which was itself based on the treatment he received from a German tabloid, after he wrote an article about the urban terrorists operative in Germany in the early Seventies and their brutal treatment at the hands of the government. Katharina Blum meets a young man at a party and spends one night with him, only to awake, find him gone and herself in the middle of a nightmare. It transpires that the man was an alleged terrorist under surveillance and Katharina is herself arrested and subjected to an hysterical smear campaign by the tabloid press. Co-written and co-directed by Schlondorff’s wife, herself a successful film director, this powerful statement on modern terrorism and police methods is widely regarded as one of Schlondorff’s most superior films.

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play.  When Katharina Blum spends the night with an alleged terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins. Suddenly a suspect, Katharina is subject to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist, testing the limits of her dignity and her sanity. Volker Schlondorff and Margarethe von Trotta’s powerful adaptation of Heinrich Boll’s novel is a stinging commentary on state power, individual freedom, and media manipulation – as relevant today as on the day of its release in 1975. Actors Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Bennent, Hannelore Hoger & Rolf Becker Director Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta Certificate 12 years and over Year 1975 Screen Widescreen 1.85:1 Languages German – DTS-HD Master Audio (2.0) Subtitles English ; French ; German ; Japanese

When Katharina Blum spends the night with an alleged terrorist her quiet ordered life falls into ruins. Suddenly a suspect Katharina is subject to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist testing the limits of her dignity and her sanity. Volker Schlondorff and Margarethe von Trotta’s powerful adaptation of Heinrich Boll’s novel is a stinging commentary on state power individual freedom and media manipulation – as relevant today as on the day of its release in 1975.