''Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave'' () is a 1973 West German drama film directed by
Alexander Kluge
Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) is a German author, philosopher, academic and film director.
Early life, education and early career
Kluge was born in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony (now Saxony-Anhalt), Germany.
After growing up durin ...
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Plot
Roswitha Bronski ( Alexandra Kluge) is a nurse married to the chemical engineer Franz Bronski (Bion Steinborn), with whom she had three children. Since her husband does not work, devoting himself exclusively to studies with the intention of becoming a new genius of chemistry, Roswitha has to support her family by running an illegal
abortion clinic
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. Facing the indifference of her husband, who believes that she is intellectually inferior, the open hostility of doctors like Dr. Genée (Traugott Buhre) and a harsh double journey, Roswitha receives a hard blow when her clinic is closed by police. From then on, she puts aside her passivity and begins a journey to redefine herself as mother, wife and working woman, part of a society threatened by an early
globalization
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Cast
* Alexandra Kluge as Roswitha Bronski
* Bion Steinborn as Franz Bronski
* Sylvia Gartmann as Sylvia
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Traugott Buhre
Traugott Buhre (21 June 1929 – 26 July 2009) was a German actor.
Buhre was born at Insterburg, East Prussia, Germany (today Chernyakhovsk, Russia) the son of a Lutheran Pastor.Ursula Dirichs as Ms. Willek
* as Factory security chief