''The African Woman'' (, , also known as ''The Woman from Africa'') is a 1990 West German-Italian-French

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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942)Hans Helmut Prinzler, ''Chronik des deutschen Films, 1895–1994'' (Stuttgart and Weimar: Verlag J. B. Metzler, 1995), p. 149. is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been ref ...

. It was entered into the main competition at the

47th Venice International Film Festival The 47th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 September 1990. American writer Gore Vidal was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was ''Rosencrantz & Guildenstern A ...

Premises

"The long friendship between Martha and Anna breaks when Victor leaves the first for the second. Martha, desperate, goes to Africa in search of an old love."

Cast

Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli (born 5 June 1946) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the "Italian-style comedy" (''commedia all'italiana''), starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in ''Divorce Italian Style'' as Ang ...

as Anna *

Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa (; born 2 February 1950) is a German actress of screen and stage and singer. She has received three German Film Awards for Best Actress, three Bavarian Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, Venice Film Festiv ...

as Martha *

Sami Frey Sami Frey (born Sami Frei; 13 October 1937) is a French actor of Algerian and Italian descent. Among the films he starred in are '' En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud'' (1993), in which he portrays French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud, and '' Ba ...

as Victor * Jan Biczycki as Swinarski (as Jan Paul Biczycki) * Alexandre Mnouchkine as Andrej *

Jacques Sernas Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas (30 July 1925 – 3 July 2015), commonly known as Jacques Sernas and sometimes credited as Jack Sernas, was a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career. Biography He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, ...

as Dr. Wargnier * Kadidia Diarra as Kind * Pierre Deny as Journalist * Bernard Tachl as Hausmeister

References

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* 1990 films 1990 romantic drama films West German films German romantic drama films French romantic drama films Italian romantic drama films Films directed by Margarethe von Trotta 1990s German-language films 1990s French films 1990s German films {{1990s-romantic-drama-film-stub