The Scarlet Letter (Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe)

• 1973
• West Germany/Spain
• 1h 26min
• 12

• Directed by: Wim Wenders
• Cast: Senta Berger, Hans Christian Blech, Lou Castel
• Language: German

A woman who has a child outside of marriage is forced out of her 17th century Puritan community and made to wear a scarlet letter 'A' for adultery. Uneven but interesting bodice ripper. A kind of distant cousin to Lars von Trier's 'Dogville'.

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