Beloved Sisters

Name: Beloved Sisters
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: January 9, 2015
Duration: 138 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Claudia Messner, Florian Stetter, Hannah Herzsprung, Henriette Confurius, Maja Maranow

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Music Box Films | Release Date: January 9, 2015 | Not Rated

Starring: Claudia Messner, Florian Stetter, Hannah Herzsprung, Henriette Confurius, Maja Maranow, Michael Wittenborn, Ronald Zehrfeld

Summary: Starting in 1788, rebellious poet Friedrich Schiller (Florian Stetter) and two penniless sisters experience an unforgettable period which will eventually bind them forever. Unhappily married Caroline von Beulwitz (Herszsprung) and her shy sister Charlotte von Lengefeld (Confurius) take their oath to share everything. Schiller marriesStarting in 1788, rebellious poet Friedrich Schiller (Florian Stetter) and two penniless sisters experience an unforgettable period which will eventually bind them forever. Unhappily married Caroline von Beulwitz (Herszsprung) and her shy sister Charlotte von Lengefeld (Confurius) take their oath to share everything. Schiller marries Charlotte so they may pursue their ménage à trois under the guise of convention, and Caroline, whose novel is published anonymously by Schiller, leaves her husband. The fragile equilibrium of their love triangle becomes unhinged when she gets pregnant but Schiller is determined to fight for both sisters. [Music Box Films]… Expand

Director: Dominik Graf

Genre(s): Drama, History, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 138 min

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Jan 7, 2015

The result is immersive and intelligent, but not what one would call difficult. Graf’s knack for no-nonsense storytelling means that Beloved Sisters seems to fly past. Read full review

Scott Foundas

Sep 14, 2014

An enthralling, gorgeously mounted depiction of the complicated relationship between the post-Enlightenment writer and philosopher Friedrich Schiller and the sisters Charlotte von Lengefeld (who would become his wife) and Caroline von Beulwitz (his eventual biographer). Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Jan 8, 2015

As lengthy and passionate as a drawn-out kiss, Beloved Sisters is a beautifully made romantic drama set in 18th century Germany that's smart, sensual and emotionally resonant. Read full review

James Lattimer

Sep 14, 2014

It blossoms into a breezily utopian depiction of a ménage á trois whose entirely matter-of-fact presentation sets up an intriguing dissonance with the prim period setting. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 6, 2015

Never works up a romantic head of steam, never captures the frisson and ferment of a tumultuous age. And, thanks to the flat depiction of Schiller, Beloved Sisters never overcomes the feeling that it’s a lecture, with a little rough and ready German sex tossed in, here and there, to wake up the class. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

Sep 14, 2014

[A] handsomely produced if occasionally rather old-fashioned feeling period drama, which plays like a soap opera in which the characters just happen to have better manners and finery. Read full review

Peter Keough

Jan 22, 2015

If nothing else, Beloved Sisters is one of the most visually striking biopics around. Too bad you have to wade through so much verbiage in order to enjoy it. Read full review

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eimbier

Jun 10, 2017

Gorgeous photography, a well-acted warm trio relationship, and nicely directed. Some cuts were not needed, and the film could have been shortened. I felt connected to the period and the cast.

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