''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. 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, friendsh ...

(1759–1805) and upon his long relationships with two sisters,

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and Charlotte von Lengefeld. 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 ...

, and had its premiere at the festival. It was selected as the German entry for the

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at the

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, but was not nominated.

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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 {{2010s-Germany-film-stub

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