Our Short Life

Year: 1981

Runtime: 113 mins

Language: German

Director: Lothar Warneke

Drama

At 26, architect Franziska Linkerhand works for a professor but feels constrained and craves risk. After her marriage collapses she relocates to a small town for a fresh start, meeting life with vigor. While colleagues accept economic limits and prefab housing, Franziska clings to her principles and refuses to compromise in work or love.

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