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11/13/2018
They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they would not be deterred. For decades ten thousands of women in Germany, Great Britain, in France, the U.S. and many other countries fought for their right to vote. Some used the institutions, others turned into media savvy politicians, and still others turned to terrorism, went on hunger strike, or died as martyrs. 100 years later we tell a multi-perspective and emotional story of the international fight, against all odds, for women’s suffrage as an important step towards equal rights.
Jeanette Hain
as Marguerite Durand
Angelina Häntsch
as Josefine
Johanna Gastdorf
as Anita Augsburg
Esther Schweins
as Emmeline Pankhurst
Anke Retzlaff
as Christabel Pankhurst
Harald Schrott
as George Clemenceau
Karl Knaup
as Premierminister Asquith
Paula Hans
as Marie Juchacz
Anja Antonowicz
Anne Weber
as Lida Heymann
Matthias Bundschuh
Ingo Abel
as Antoine Perivier
Christian Birko-Flemming
as Journalist Morisset
David Hürten
as Arbeiter
Sebastian Kaufmane
as Dr. Fuhrmann
Stephanie Kämmer
as Agatha
Artus-Maria Matthiessen
as Vater
Peter Sikorski
as Laguerre
Jochen Hägele
as George Clemenceau
Alexandra Schalaudek
as Mary Jane Pankhurst
Anke Sabrina Beermann
as Elisabeth Gohlke
Thomas Chemnitz
as Gefängnisarzt
Jan Dose
as Otto Juchaz
Henning Hartmann
as Mr. Sway
Kai Hufnagel
as Adrian Henry
Frieder Venus
as Richard Pankhurst
Stefan Brentle
as Adamek
Elisa Posky
as Franziska
Carlotta Richter
as Journalistin