| Director | Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff |
|---|---|
| Genre | crime film, drama film, film based on literature |
| Runtime | 106 min |
| Country | Germany |
| Budget | $1 million |
Katharina Blum is a young divorcee who works as a housekeeper for a famous corporate lawyer, Hubert Blorna, and his wife, Trude. She is nicknamed "the nun" for her prudish lifestyle, but at a carnival party she meets and quickly falls in love with Ludwig Götten, whom police have been following, suspecting him of being an anarchist, a bank robber, and a terrorist.