The Family or Schroffenstein

(1984)

Genres: Drama

Year: 1984

Runtime: 132 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Hans Neuenfels

Cast: Ulrich Wildgruber, Annemarie Düringer, Sabine Sinjen, René Hofschneider, Angela Schanelec, Hermann Treusch, Hans-Eckart Eckhardt

Plot

The aristocratic families of Rossitz and Warwand, who are relatives, have started to treat each other with mistrust and hatred, since a testamentary contract has stated, that the complete goods will be inherited to the respective surviving line. At the same time the young generation is in love, how can the tender ties between Agnes of Warwand and Ottokar of Rossitz be protected? Killed by their own fathers, they lie in their blood. A radical drama about the term "family". (www.filmgalerie451.de)