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"The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" (Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum) by Volker Schlöndorf and Margareta von Trotta based on the novel by Nobel prize Winner Heinrich Böll Germany 1977 1. Who? Where? When? What? 2. (a) What crime is Katharina accused of? (b) Did Katharina commit a crime? 3. (a) What crime is Ludwig accused of? (b) Did Ludwig commit a crime? 4. (a) Describe the methods of police investigation! (b) How do the police violate Katharina’s civil rights? 5. (a) Describe the methods of the press coverage of the "Blum affair"! (b) What is the relationship between the police and the press? 6. (a) What does Katharina do at the end? Why? (b) What would you do if you were Katharina? 7. What is the message, the moral of the film? Describe? |
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Mohamed Esa, Dept. of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures at McDaniel College
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