Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness

Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness 1979 Directed by Margarethe von Trotta Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks

Sisters Maria and Anna live together. Maria is a most proficient executive secretary, encouraging Anna to finish her studies and start a career. Anna broods, threatens to quit university, takes pills, and keeps a diary. When Maria's relationship with Maurice, the son of her boss, starts to lead to love, Anna takes a selfish and drastic step that plummets Maria into solitude. No longer able to connect with Maurice, Maria does establish a relationship with Miriam, a typist at her office who becomes a surrogate younger sister. But Maria is intrusive as well as helpful. Can this or any relationship work out for this talented woman whose past seems to choke her soul?

Country Germany

Production Country Germany

Language German

Spoken Language German

Gnere Drama

Production Companies WDR , Neue Bioskop Film

Release Date 17 September 1979

95 mins