The Whole of Life

Overview

Barbara, a fifty-year-old lesbian whose lifespan has taken her through correction homes, mental hospitals, prisons and bouts of prostitution, approached Bruno Moll suggesting that she made a film of her life. Moll agrees and hires an actress, Serena Way. To interpret episodes in Barbara’s past. Barbara has in mind a Hollywood-style bio starring an actress on the order of Susan Hayward dramatically telling her story of a life ruined by bourgeois standards. The result is a semi-documentary mixing black and white segments of Barbara and Serena discussing the project with color scenes depicting little stories from the 1950’s, the heyday of bourgeois existence.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 28, 1983

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Cast

Guerino Faoro,Nathalie Stöckli,Serena Wey,Claudia Vitelli,Thomas Vitelli,Marie-Louise H.,Brigitte Hengartner,Nelly Thiel,Bruno Moll

Director

Bruno Moll

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0083989