The Unheard Woman
2016 · 89 min · ★ 7.3 · TV Movie, Drama, History
What if nobody wants to believe you? Hanni, a farmer's wife and mother of three, is worried about her daughter Magdalena. The girl is smaller than the others, more sensitive, vomits more often and has increasingly poor eyesight. The doctors, the teacher and the family all say it must be her psyche. Glasses with normal lenses will certainly help. But as a mother, Hanni senses that a new pair of glasses won't change anything and that there is more at stake. Even plagued by an unheard-of memory from her youth, she begins to fight unwaveringly and unstoppably for her daughter's suffering, not only putting her family's happiness and her livelihood at risk, but also not shying away from the Bavarian justice system in the end.
Directed by Hans Steinbichler · Written by Angelika Schwarzhuber
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Rosalie Thomass Hanni Schwaiger - R Romy Butz Magdalena Schwaiger
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Gisela Schneeberger Erni Schwaiger -
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Gundi Ellert Barbara -
Andreas Giebel Pförtner Huber - T Tom Kreß Lois
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Benedikt Hösl Peter - A Annette Paulmann Mrs. Hecht (teacher)
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Florian Karlheim Sepp Schwaiger
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