''Beloved Sisters'' (german: Die geliebten Schwestern)
is a 2014 German
biographical film
A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...
written and directed by
Dominik Graf
Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 198 ...
. The film is based on the life of the German poet
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...
(1759–1805) and upon his long relationships with two sisters,
Caroline
Caroline may refer to:
People
* Caroline (given name), a feminine given name
* J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player
* Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player
Places Antarctica
* ...
and
Charlotte von Lengefeld
Charlotte Luise Antoinette von Schiller (née von Lengefeld; 22 November 1766 – 9 July 1826) was the wife of German poet Friedrich Schiller.
Early life
Lengefeld was born in Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, into an aristocratic family, and g ...
. Schiller was ultimately married to Charlotte von Lengefeld.
The film was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the
64th Berlin International Film Festival
The 64th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 16 February 2014. Wes Anderson's film ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' opened the festival. British film director Ken Loach was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear. The Golden ...
, and had its premiere at the festival.
It was selected as the German entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
87th Academy Awards
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best 2014 in film, films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, ...
, but was not nominated.
Cast
See also
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References
Further reading
* An extended review in English.
External links
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2014 films
2014 biographical drama films
2014 romantic drama films
2010s German-language films
German biographical drama films
Biographical films about writers
Films set in the 1780s
Films set in the 1790s
Films about sisters
Cultural depictions of Friedrich Schiller
2010s German films
Films directed by Dominik Graf
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