''Malina'' is a 1991 German-Austrian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Werner Schroeter Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work and on German cine ...

. The screenplay was adapted by

Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek (; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors writing in German today and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-vo ...

from

Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. Biography Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the daughter of Olga (née Haas) and Matthias Bachmann, a schoolteacher. Her f ...

's 1971 novel '' Malina''. The film was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...

- The Woman *

Mathieu Carrière Mathieu Carrière (; born 2 August 1950) is a German actor. Life Carrière grew up in Berlin and Lübeck; he attended the Jesuit boarding school in Vannes, France, a school which had previously been attended by the director of Carrière's fir ...

- Malina *

Can Togay Can Togay (; born August 27, 1955), also known as János Can Togay, is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, actor, poet, producer, cultural manager and cultural diplomat. Biography Can Togay was born the son of Turkish parents. He spent ...

- Ivan * Fritz Schediwy - Father *

Isolde Barth Isolde Barth (24 August 1948 in Maxdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) is a German movie, theater and television actress. She appeared in over 60 films between 1968 and 2013. In 1968 she first appeared in a minor role in the German comedy '. She ...

- Mother * Libgart Schwarz - Frl. Jellinek * Elisabeth Krejcir - Lina * Peter Kern - Bulgarian * Jenny Drivala - Opera singer * Wiebke Frost - Sister of the Woman * Lisa Kreuzer - Die Frau (voice) *

Lolita Chammah Lolita Chammah (born 1 October 1983) is a French actress. Background Chammah is the daughter of and Isabelle Huppert. She grew up in Paris and already had her first roles during childhood. Lolita Chammah has one son, Gabriel Merz Chammah. At ...

- The Woman in childhood

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* 1991 films 1990s French-language films 1990s German-language films 1991 drama films Films based on Austrian novels Films directed by Werner Schroeter Films set in Vienna 1991 multilingual films Austrian multilingual films German multilingual films 1990s German films French-language German films {{1990s-Germany-film-stub

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