Episode 5
Fugitive Ludwig is captured and Katharina is proven innocent, but the lurid tabloid press won't give up. Stars Nicola Schossler, Andre Kaczmarczyk.
A brilliant exploration of the corrosive impact of tabloid journalism on one young woman. The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum is dissects the power of the press and it's impact on individual freedom. Told in the form of an unofficial report, this intelligent and pacy story from the 1970s tackles issues of press freedom, responsibility and police tactics.
It's based on a real incident in the author's own life, when he was publicly accused of being a terrorist sympathiser and hounded by the German press. The subtitle of the book is "how violence develops and where it can lead."
Recorded on location in Berlin, The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum also features a soundtrack of 1970s Krautrock from bands such as Can, Neu, La Dusseldorf and Ash Ra Tempel.
Heinrich Boll is a Nobel Prize winning writer, a giant of German 20th century literature.
Episode 5:
The fugitive Ludwig is captured and Katharina is proved innocent of any involvement with his crime. However, this does not deter the press and their headlines grow ever more lurid, blaming her for her mother's death. At last, she cracks under the pressure and reveals exactly how and why she shot Totges, the journalist responsible for the tabloid campaign against her.
Sound design: Eloise Whitmore
Broadcast assistant: Kath Willgress
Executive producer: Joby Waldman
Abridged by Helen Meller
Produced and directed by Polly Thomas
A Somethin' Else production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Katharina Blum | Nicola Schossler |
The Narrator | Andre Kaczmarczyk |
Beizmenne | Matthias Horn |
Herr Blorna | Elias Arens |
Trude Blorna | Leslie Malton |
Totges | Daniel Hoevels |
Director | Polly Thomas |
Writer | Heinrich Boll |
Producer | Polly Thomas |
Writer | Helen Meller |
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