Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
- Drama
7/7/1975
108
Storyline
After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.
- Director:
- suicide
- parent child relationship
- widow
- exploitation
- anarchist
- frankfurt am main, germany
- death of father
- hostage-taking
- singer
- working class
- class differences
- free will
- hostage situation
- labor
- distortion
- media manipulation
- mass media
- communism
- sensationalism
- layoffs
- west germany
- communication
- daughter–in–law
- leftist radicalism
- media & politics
- left politics
- german family
- tabloid journalism
- narrative
- magazine reporter
- photojournalist
- lack of communication
- murder-suicide
- far-left
- piece work
Cast
Brigitte MiraEmma Küsters- Ingrid CavenCorinna
- Margit CarstensenFrau Thälmann
Karlheinz BöhmKarl Tillmann- Irm HermannHelene
- Gottfried JohnJörg Niemeyer
- Kurt RaabBarkeeper Gustav
- Peter KernNachtklubbesitzer
- Armin MeierErnst
- Matthias FuchsHorst Knab
Gustav HolzapfelHerr Holzapfel- Lilo PempeitSekretärin
- Peter ChatelPhotograph
- Peter BollagPhotograph
- Volker SpenglerPhotograph
- Vitus ZeplichalReporter