1986 · drama · tv · postwar
Fraulein
Directed by Michael Haneke1h 48m1986
A German woman and a former French prisoner of war live in 1950s Germany. Instead of playing a role in rebuilding her country, the heroine remains preoccupied with her personal affairs.
Our read: Fraulein (1986) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · tv · postwar entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / tv, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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- measured
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