Beloved Sisters
An enthralling, gorgeously mounted...unusually intelligent costume drama.
Beloved Sisters
Beloved Sisters depicts the unconventional romance between two aristocratic sisters and a rebellious poet who took the European literary world by storm in the late eighteenth century. As the German Enlightenment flourishes in Weimar, vibrant Caroline von Beulwitz (Hannah Herszsprung) finds herself in an unhappy marriage to provide for her mother and shy younger sister Charlotte von Lengefeld (Henriette Confurius). When both sisters fall for outspoken writer Friedrich Schiller (Florian Stetter), their desire ignites a journey of shared passion and creativity. Charlotte and Schiller marry so that the lovers may pursue their ménage à trois under the guise of convention, but as Caroline reveals herself to be a talented author in her own right, the trio's fragile equilibrium is threatened and the sisters' once unbreakable connection is irrevocably changed. In this sweeping yet intimate romantic drama, which is also Germany's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, acclaimed director Dominik Graf illuminates the lives of two bold young women and one of classical literature's most celebrated figures with charm and contemporary energy.
“An enthralling, gorgeously mounted depiction of the complicated relationship between the post-Enlightenment writer and philosopher Friedrich Schiller and the sisters Charlotte von Lengefeld and Caroline von Beulwitz. Graf has created an unusually intelligent costume drama of bold personalities torn between the stirrings of the heart and the logic of the mind.” (Scott Foundas, Variety)
“An enthralling, gorgeously mounted depiction of the complicated relationship between the post-Enlightenment writer and philosopher Friedrich Schiller and the sisters Charlotte von Lengefeld and Caroline von Beulwitz. Graf has created an unusually intelligent costume drama of bold personalities torn between the stirrings of the heart and the logic of the mind.” (Scott Foundas, Variety)
Genre
Drama,
History,
History
Runtime
170
Language
German,
French
Director
Dominik Graf
Cast
Henriette Confurius,
Florian Stetter
Awards:
Nominee, Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Olaf Möller, Film Comment Magazine
When the three first meet, they’re all in one way or another living in worlds to which they don’t quite belong: Charlotte has been sent to Weimar by her mother to stay with a wealthy relative in hopes of attracting a suitable (read: rich) husband; Schiller is similarly an exile, banned from his ...
Played at
Town Center 5 1.09.15 - 1.22.15
Royal 1.09.15 - 1.22.15
Playhouse 7 1.09.15 - 1.15.15
Lumiere Music Hall 1.23.15 - 1.29.15
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