Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin

Name: Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Director: Alexander Kluge
Released: 1973

Alexander Kluge

illegal abortion women's rights economic struggle political activism healthcare access

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Synopsis

Roswitha runs an illegal abortion clinic in Frankfurt to support her student husband and children. When she is forced to close her practice she delves into political and social activism.

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