Brisk and forceful. Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schloendorffs The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum 1975 was a pivotal film for the New German Cinema movement. Julian Preece considers what makes Katharina Blum new and radical in particular in respect of womens cinema and its portrayal of the ordeal of its female lead in a world run by men. Drawing on archival material including drafts of the screenplay brochures and props reviews and interviews Preece traces the conception of the film and its d