Dark Days

Margarethe von Trotta's TV movie focuses on a woman whose life is destroyed by her addiction to alcohol. Angela Rinser is a happy mother of two children and quite successful in her job as bilingual secretary. The sudden death of her husband changes everything. She starts drinking and loses her job. Her children Felicitas and Max try to hush up their social decline for years because they don't want to live in a foster home.

Director: Margarethe von Trotta

Cast: Suzanne von Borsody, Stefanie Stappenbeck, Steffen Groth, Konstantin Wecker, Siggi Kautz, András Fricsay, Rolf Kanies, Pamela Knaack

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