Junge Frau von 1914

In 1914 Berlin, bank heiress Leonore Wahl and struggling Munich student Werner Bertin fall passionately in love, defying class and her parents’ expectations. Their idyll is shattered by the outbreak of WWI: Werner, swept up in patriotic fervor, is conscripted to the Western Front, while Leonore, pregnant and abandoned, faces her family’s condemnation and a clandestine abortion. Set against the tumult of war, the film explores idealism, social divides, and the personal costs of duty and desire.

Director: Egon Günther

Cast: Jutta Hoffmann, Klaus Piontek, Inge Keller, Fred Düren, Martin Flörchinger, Thomas Wolff, Heidemarie Wenzel, Erwin Nowiaszak

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.