Angelika Urban, Sales Assistant, Engaged
Helma Sanders-Brahms
»The sober and candid description of the personal and professional conditions of a young saleswoman raises our awareness of the changes that need to be made in our modern consumer and performance-oriented society.«
Statement from the jury of the Catholic Filmwork Germany at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival 1970
Film programme 9 to 5
Helma Sanders-Brahms
Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940–2014) initially studied acting, then trained as a teacher before finally deciding to pursue a career in film. She worked with Pasolini and, from 1969 onwards, produced her own films with an often autobiographical slant. She wrote almost all her own screenplays and oversaw production herself. She won international acclaim with works such as Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand and Deutschland, bleiche Mutter. Her work has received numerous awards; she was an Officier des Arts et des Lettres and a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. In 2003, she was a founding member of the German Film Academy. She died in 2014 aged 73 following a long illness.
Films by Helma Sanders-Brahms
So wie ein Wunder – Das singende Kino des Herrn Heymann 2012 | Geliebte Clara 2008 | Mein Herz – Niemandem! 1997 | Jetzt leben – Juden in Berlin 1995 | Manöver 1989 | Laputa 1986 | Alte Liebe 1985 | Flügel und Fesseln 1984 | Die Berührte 1981 | Deutschland, bleiche Mutter 1980 | Heinrich 1977 | Shirins Hochzeit 1976 | Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand 1974 | Gewalt 1970
