After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
Social & External
The people behind it
Angela Winkler
Katharina Blum
Mario Adorf
Kommissar Beizmenne
Dieter Laser
Werner Tötges
Jürgen Prochnow
Ludwig Götten
Heinz Bennent
Dr. Blorna, Anwalt
Hannelore Hoger
Trude Blorna
Rolf Becker
Staatsanwalt Hach
Harald Kuhlmann
Moeding, Polizist
Herbert Fux
Weninger, Journalist „Die Zeitung“
Regine Lutz
Else Woltersheim, Patentante Katharinas
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