Summary: Various aspects of German history are explored from several angles in a series of odd sequences. Gabi Teichert (Hannelore Hogar) is both a history teacher and a patriot. One day she goes out into the winter landscape carrying a shovel (digging for the truth?). She comes across is a dead soldier killed at the battle of Leningrad, whose symbolically disembodied knee speaks to her... (All Movie Guide)

AKA: The Patriotic Woman

Genre: Drama

Country: West Germany

Directed By: Alexander Kluge

Written By: Alexander Kluge, Christel Buschmann

Starring: Hannelore Hoger, Alfred Edel, Kurt Jürgens, Wolf Hanne, Hans Heckel, Beate Holle

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