Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
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Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin is a 1973 West German drama film directed by Alexander Kluge
, usually known in English-speaking countries as Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave.
) is a nurse married to the chemical engineer Franz Bronski (Bion Steinborn), with whom she had three children. Since her husband does not work, devoting himself exclusively to studies with the intention of becoming a new genius of chemistry, Roswitha has to support her family by running an illegal abortion clinic
. Facing the indifference of her husband, who believes that she is intellectually inferior, the open hostility of doctors like Dr. Genée (Traugott Buhre) and a harsh double journey, Roswitha receives a hard blow when her clinic is closed by police. From then on, she puts aside her passivity and begins a journey to redefine herself as mother, wife and working woman, part of a society threatened by an early globalization
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Alexander Kluge
Alexander Kluge is an author and film director.-Early life, education and early career:Kluge was born in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
, usually known in English-speaking countries as Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave.
Plot
Roswitha Bronski (Alexandra KlugeAlexandra Kluge
Alexandra Kluge is a German actress. and physician.-Filmography:*Abschied von Gestern as Anita*Feuerlöscher E.A. Winterstein...
) is a nurse married to the chemical engineer Franz Bronski (Bion Steinborn), with whom she had three children. Since her husband does not work, devoting himself exclusively to studies with the intention of becoming a new genius of chemistry, Roswitha has to support her family by running an illegal abortion clinic
Abortion clinic
An abortion clinic is a medical facility that primarily performs or specializes in abortions. Such clinics may be public medical centers or private medical practices.-Canada:*There were 197 abortion providers in Canada in 2001....
. Facing the indifference of her husband, who believes that she is intellectually inferior, the open hostility of doctors like Dr. Genée (Traugott Buhre) and a harsh double journey, Roswitha receives a hard blow when her clinic is closed by police. From then on, she puts aside her passivity and begins a journey to redefine herself as mother, wife and working woman, part of a society threatened by an early globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
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Cast
- Roswitha Bronski as Alexandra Kluge
- Franz Bronski as Bion Steinborn
- Sylvia as Sylvia Gartmann
- Dr. Genée as Traugott Buhre
- Ms. Willek as Ursula Birichs
- Factory security chief as Alfred Edel