Beloved Sisters

Beloved Sisters

Film poster
Directed by Dominik Graf
Produced by Uschi Reich
Written by Dominik Graf
Starring Hannah Herzsprung
Florian Stetter
Henriette Confurius
Music by Sven Rossenbach
Florian van Volxem
Cinematography Michael Wiesweg
Edited by Claudia Wolscht
Release dates
  • 8 February 2014 (2014-02-08) (Berlin)
  • 31 July 2014 (2014-07-31) (Germany)
Country Germany
Language German

Beloved Sisters (German: Die geliebten Schwestern)[1] is a 2014 German biographical film written and directed by Dominik Graf. The film is based on the life of the German poet Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) and upon his long relationships with two sisters, Caroline and Charlotte von Lengefeld. Schiller was ultimately married to Charlotte von Lengefeld.

The film was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, and had its premiere at the festival.[2] It was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[3]

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References

  1. "Die geliebten Schwestern". berlinale. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. "First Films for Competition and Berlinale Special". berlinale. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. "OSCARS: Germany Selects Dominik Graf’s ‘Beloved Sisters’ as Academy Award Entry". Variety. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

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