is a 1977 German television film directed by

Wolfgang Petersen Wolfgang Petersen (14 March 1941 – 12 August 2022) was a German film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. His international breakthrough was the 1981 war film (1981), which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Directo ...

and part of the television series. The film starred

Nastassja Kinski Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (; née Nakszynski, ; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough was with '' Stay as You Are'' (1978). Sh ...

in her first major role in a feature-length film, it was her breakthrough role that made her famous in Germany. It was also an important movie for Wolfgang Petersen's career as a director. Nastassja Kinski plays Sina, a good-looking 17-year-old schoolgirl, who has a secret affair with her married schoolteacher Helmut Fichte. One of Sina's suitors, Michael, learns about her affair and tries to blackmail her. Sina lures him to the forest, kills him with a stone, and tells a clever fabrication to the police. Still, Kommissar Finke does not trust her story and continues to investigate until the truth is revealed. At the end, he has to stop Sina from killing herself with a gun. is considered to be one of the most legendary films of the series, also because the depicted affair between Sina and her teacher was a major scandal during that time. The movie was released theatrically in the United States under the title ''For Your Love Only'' in 1982.

Cast

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as Kommissar Finke, police inspector *

as Sina Wolf * Christian Quadflieg as Helmut Fichte * Judy Winter as Gisela Fichte * Markus Boysen as Michael Harms * Rüdiger Kirschstein as Franke, Finke's police assistant * Petra Verena Milchert as Inge * Rebecca Völz as Katrin * Uta Sax as Sina's mother * Henry Kielmann as Sina's father * Friedrich Schütter as Dr. Forkmann, school director

Production

In February 2024,

demanded an apology for her nude scenes as a 15-year-old in this film.

References

External links

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